fervente

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.vɑ̃t/
• Homophone: ferventes

fervente

1. feminine singular of fervent

From Old Galician-Portuguese fervente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fervēntem, accusative of fervēns.

• IPA^(key): [feɾˈβentɪ], [feɾˈβɛntɪ]

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

1. boiling; extremely hot
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:

     Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto, mete agulla de fero fervente no meogoo do tranço do rrabo, et saara

     Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard, insert a boiling iron needle through the middle of the tail, and it will cure

2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)

• fervenza
• ferver

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fervente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “feruente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fervente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fervente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Latin ferventem.

• IPA^(key): /ferˈvɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: fer‧vèn‧te

fervente m or f (plural ferventi, superlative ferventissimo)

1. fervent, ardent

• ferventemente

fervente m or f (plural ferventi)

1. present participle of fervere

fervente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fervēns

fervente

1. alternative form of fervent

From Latin ferventem.

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧te

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

1. boiling (that is boiling)

   Synonym: ebuliente

2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)

   Synonyms: fervoroso, férvido