zeal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to search”). Related to jealous.
Inflected forms:
form: zeals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She extols the virtues of veganism with missionary zeal.
I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will
[…] the highest zeal in religion and the deepest hypocrisy, so far from being inconsistent, are often or commonly united in the same individual character.
[He] would begin admiring her drawings with so much zeal and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover,
It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty.
The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled.
gloss: A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: […] like a malicious purblinde zeale as thou art!
[…] there are questionlesse both in Greeke, Roman and Africa Churches, solemnities, and ceremonies, whereof the wiser zeales doe make a Christian use, and stand condemned by us;
gloss: A group of zebras.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
examples: A zeal of zebras confuses predators. Each zebra has a different set of stripes.
Zebras can also be called a herd or a zeal.
Related words: jealous
jealousy
missionary zeal
zealot
zealotic
zealotical
zealotry
zealous
zealously
zealousness
zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: cenë
lang: Arabic
word: حَمَاس
roman: ḥamās
lang: Arabic
word: جُهْد
roman: juhd
lang: Arabic
word: جهد
roman: guhd
lang: Armenian
word: նախանձախնդրություն
roman: naxanjaxndrutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şövq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: canfəşanlıq
lang: Belarusian
word: запа́л
roman: zapál
lang: Belarusian
word: заўзя́тасць
roman: zawzjátascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: усъ́рдие
roman: usǎ́rdie
lang: Bulgarian
word: стара́ние
roman: staránie
lang: Bulgarian
word: стреме́ж
roman: streméž
lang: Catalan
word: zel
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ
roman: udugigvdi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 熱心 /热心
roman: rèxīn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 熱情 /热情
roman: rèqíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 激情
roman: jīqíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 熱忱 /热忱
roman: rèchén
lang: Cornish
word: diwysykter
lang: Czech
word: horlivost
lang: Danish
word: iver
lang: Dutch
word: ijver
lang: Dutch
word: geestdrift
lang: Esperanto
word: fervoro
lang: Finnish
word: into
lang: Finnish
word: intohimo
lang: Finnish
word: kiihko
lang: French
word: zèle
lang: French
word: assiduité
lang: Georgian
word: გულმოდგინება
roman: gulmodgineba
lang: Georgian
word: სიბეჯითე
roman: sibeǯite
lang: Georgian
word: თავგამოდება
roman: tavgamodeba
lang: German
word: Eifer
lang: German
word: Begeisterung
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: aljan
lang: Greek
word: ζήλος
roman: zílos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: προθυμία
roman: prothumía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σπουδή
roman: spoudḗ
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ζῆλος
roman: zêlos
lang: Hungarian
word: buzgóság
lang: Hungarian
word: buzgalom
lang: Hungarian
word: lelkesedés
lang: Hungarian
word: hév
lang: Hungarian
word: hevület
lang: Ido
word: zelo
lang: Interlingua
word: zelo
lang: Irish
word: díograis
lang: Italian
word: zelo
lang: Japanese
word: 熱情
roman: netsujō
lang: Japanese
word: 情熱
roman: jōnetsu
lang: Japanese
word: 熱意
roman: netsui
lang: Japanese
word: 意気込み
roman: ikigomi
lang: Japanese
word: 気勢
roman: kisei
lang: Korean
word: 열정
roman: yeoljeong
lang: Latin
word: studium
lang: Latin
word: zēlus
lang: Latin
word: ardor
lang: Latin
word: fervor
lang: Latin
word: alacritās
lang: Macedonian
word: ревност
roman: revnost
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: engasjement
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: iver
lang: Occitan
word: zèl
lang: Persian
word: شوق
roman: šowq
lang: Persian
word: غِیرَت
roman: ġeyrat
lang: Persian
word: تَعَصُّب
roman: ta'assob
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Iewa
lang: Polish
word: zapał
lang: Polish
word: gorliwość
lang: Portuguese
word: zelo
lang: Romanian
word: zel
lang: Romanian
word: ardoare
lang: Romanian
word: râvnă
lang: Romanian
word: sârguință
lang: Russian
word: рве́ние
roman: rvénije
lang: Russian
word: усе́рдие
roman: usérdije
lang: Russian
word: стара́ние
roman: staránije
lang: Russian
word: запа́л
roman: zapál
lang: Sanskrit
word: उत्साह
roman: utsāha
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eud
lang: Slovak
word: horlivosť
lang: Spanish
word: ahínco
lang: Spanish
word: celo
lang: Spanish
word: denuedo
lang: Spanish
word: ahincanza
lang: Spanish
word: ahincamiento
lang: Spanish
word: afán
lang: Spanish
word: zelo
lang: Swedish
word: iver
lang: Swedish
word: nit
lang: Swedish
word: nitälskan
lang: Tajik
word: ғайрат
roman: ġayrat
lang: Tocharian B
word: spelkke
lang: Turkish
word: hırs
lang: Turkish
word: şevk
lang: Turkish
word: heves
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: حرارت
roman: hararet
lang: Ukrainian
word: запопа́дливість
roman: zapopádlyvistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́пал
roman: zápal
lang: Ukrainian
word: завзя́ття
roman: zavzjáttja
lang: Ukrainian
word: завзя́тість
roman: zavzjátistʹ
lang: Uzbek
word: gʻayrat
lang: Welsh
word: aidd msêl
lang: Welsh
word: selogrwydd
lang: Woiwurrung
word: toolangi