# ardor
## English
### Alternative forms

* ardour (chiefly British and Canada)

### Etymology

From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːdə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɑːɹdɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

### Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American spelling)
* Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
** 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 120:I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.
* Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
* Intense heat.

#### Synonyms

* (warmth of feeling): intensity
* (spirit): elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal

#### Antonyms

* apathy

#### Translations

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## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ərˈdo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɾˈðoɾ]

### Noun

ardor m (plural ardors)
* heat
* ardor, passion

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

### Noun

ardor m (Hebrew spelling ארדור)
* ardor, passion

## Latin
### Etymology

From ārdeō +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaːr.dor/, [ˈäːrd̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈar.dor/, [ˈärd̪or]

### Noun

ārdor m (genitive ārdōris); third declension
* flame, fire, heat
    Synonym: calor
* brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
* ardour, eagerness, ardent desire
    Synonyms: cupīdō, vehementia, dēsīderium, appetītus, studium, impetus, amor, appetītiō, libīdō, alacritās
* the object of ardent affection, love, flame
    Synonym: amor

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* English: ardor, ardour
* Catalan: ardor
* Old French: ardour, ardor, ardur f
** > French: ardeur f (inherited)
* Galician: ardor
* Istriot: ardùr
* Italian: ardore
* Piedmontese: ardor
* Portuguese: ardor
* Romanian: ardoare
* Spanish: ardor

### References

* “ardor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ardor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ardor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to be dried up by the sun's heat: ardore solis torreri enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior to damp, chill enthusiasm: ardorem animi restinguere his enthusiasm has abated, cooled down: ardor animi resēdit, consedit

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ārdōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aɦˈdoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aɦˈdoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾˈdoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aʁˈdoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻˈdoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈdoɾ/ [ɐɾˈðoɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈdoɾ/ [ɐɾˈðoɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾˈdo.ɾi/ [ɐɾˈðo.ɾi]
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: ar‧dor

### Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)
* burning sensation
    Synonym: queimação
* ardor (warmth of feeling)
* spirit; enthusiasm
    Synonym: entusiasmo

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:ardor.

#### Related terms

* ardência
* ardentemente
* arder
* ardido

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin ardōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾˈdoɾ/ [aɾˈð̞oɾ]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ar‧dor

### Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)
* ardor/ardour
* fervor, heat
    Synonym: fervor
* passion
    Synonym: pasión
* burning (feeling)
    una sensación de ardor ― a burning sensation
* eagerness
    Synonyms: avidez, ancia

#### Derived terms

* ardoroso

#### Related terms

* arder
* ardiente

### Further reading

* “ardor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10