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5-letter words (1 found)

ARDOR,

4-letter words (5 found)

DORR,ORAD,ORRA,ROAD,ROAR,

3-letter words (9 found)

ADO,ARD,DOR,OAR,ODA,ORA,ORD,RAD,ROD,

2-letter words (6 found)

AD,AR,DA,DO,OD,OR,

You can make 21 words from ardor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ardor

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Definitions and meaning of ardor

ardor

Alternative forms

  • ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

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(key): /ˈɑːdə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɹdɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American spelling)

  1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
  2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
  3. Intense heat.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

  • apathy

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Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈdo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aɾˈðoɾ]

Noun

ardor m (plural ardors)

  1. heat
  2. ardor, passion

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארדור)

  1. ardor, passion

Latin

Etymology

From ārdeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈärd̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈärd̪or]

Noun

ardor m (genitive ardōris); third declension

  1. flame, fire, heat
    Synonym: calor
  2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
  3. ardour, eagerness, ardent desire
    Synonyms: cupīdō, vehementia, dēsīderium, appetītus, studium, impetus, amor, appetītiō, libīdō, alacritās
  4. the object of ardent affection, love, flame
    Synonym: amor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ārdōrem.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧dor

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

  1. burning sensation
    Synonym: queimação
  2. ardor (warmth of feeling)
  3. 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(key): /aɾˈdoɾ/ [aɾˈð̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ar‧dor

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

  1. heat
  2. ardour, fervor, passion
  3. burning (feeling)
    una sensación de ardora burning sensation
  4. eagerness

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • “ardor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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