passion
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós
Proto-Italic *patosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
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Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).
Inflected forms:
form: passions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: passions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: passioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: passioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: passioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A true desire sustained or prolonged.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An oil lamp burned upon a high, old-fashioned mantel, casting its dim rays over a dozen repulsive figures. All but one were men. The other was a woman of about thirty. Her face, marked by low passions and dissipation, might once have been lovely.
gloss: Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We share a passion for books.
That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football.
gloss: Fervor, determination.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.
gloss: Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We shared a night of passion.
gloss: The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
countable
uncountable
usually
examples: Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]
gloss: A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: a cardiac passion
gloss: The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: A Body at reſt affords us no Idea of any active Power to move; and when it is ſet in motion its ſelf, that Motion is rather a Paſſion, than an Action in it: [...]
gloss: The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The Differences of Impreſsible and Not Impreſsible; Figurable and Not Figurable; Mouldable and Not Mouldable; Sciſsile and Not Sciſsile; And many other Paſsions of Matter, are Plebeian Notions, applied vnto the Inſtruments and Vſes which Men ordinarily practiſe; [...]
gloss: An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: [...] to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.
gloss: Disorder of the mind; madness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The fit is momentary, vpon a thought / He will againe be well. If much you note him / You ſhall offend him, and extend his Paſſion, / Feed, and regard him not.
gloss: To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth.
There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to thy eſtabliſhed proclaymed Edict and continent Cannon; Which with, o with, but with this I paſſion to ſay wherewith: / Clo[wne]. With a Wench.
she passioned
To see herself escap'd from so sore ills
gloss: To give a passionate character to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: impassion
impassive
passionate
passive
passivity
patience
patient
Derived words: cardiac passion
counterpassion
crime of passion
dispassion
empassion
grande passion
grand passion
heat of passion
ileac passion
iliac passion
impassionate
ischiadic passion
mispassion
outpassion
pash
passional
passionate
passion flower
passion-flower
passionflower
passion fruit
passionfruit
passionful
Passionist
passion killer
passionless
passionlike
passion of a convert
passion pit
passion play
passion point
passion pop
passion potion
passionproof
passion-ridden
Passion Sunday
passiontini
passion tree
passion wagon
propassion
purple passion
satis-passion
throes of passion
unpassion
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: آلَام
roman: ʔālām
lang: Aramaic
word: ܚܫܐ
roman: ħaššā’
lang: Belarusian
word: му́ка
roman: múka
lang: Belarusian
word: стра́сці
roman: strásci
lang: Belarusian
word: стра́сьці
roman: strásʹci
lang: Bulgarian
word: мъ́ка
roman: mǎ́ka
lang: Bulgarian
word: стра́сти
roman: strásti
lang: Catalan
word: passió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 受難 /受难
roman: shòunàn
lang: Cornish
word: passyon
lang: Czech
word: pašije
lang: Dutch
word: passie
lang: Finnish
word: kärsimys
lang: French
word: Passion
lang: German
word: Passion
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃
roman: þulains
lang: Greek
word: πάθη
roman: páthi
lang: Hindi
word: दुःखभोग
roman: duḥkhabhog
lang: Hungarian
word: passió
lang: Icelandic
word: passía
lang: Indonesian
word: sengsara
lang: Japanese
word: 受難
roman: junan
lang: Korean
word: 수난
roman: sunan
lang: Latin
word: passio
lang: Māori
word: mamae
lang: Middle English
word: passioun
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: pasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: pasjon
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَصائِب
roman: masâ'eb
lang: Polish
word: pasja
lang: Polish
word: męka
lang: Portuguese
word: paixão
lang: Romanian
word: patimi
lang: Russian
word: му́ка
roman: múka
lang: Russian
word: стра́сти
roman: strásti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: му̏ка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mȕka
lang: Turkish
word: çile
lang: Ukrainian
word: му́ка
roman: múka
lang: Ukrainian
word: стра́сті
roman: strásti
lang: Ukrainian
word: стра́сти
roman: strásty
lang: Vietnamese
word: thương khó
lang: Vietnamese
word: khổ nạn