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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
Wallace Stevens

Meaning of "ardor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARDOR

ardor  [ˈɑːdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARDOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ardor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARDOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ardor

Ardor or Ardour may refer to: ▪ Ardor, a 1994 album by Love Spirals Downwards ▪ Ardour, a 2010 album by instrumental hip hop/electronica producer Teebs ▪ Ardor, a 2002 South Korean film, also known as Milae ▪ Ardour, a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application ▪ Ardour, a river in southwestern France ▪ Ardore, a town in Calabria, Italy ▪ Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2, a book of poems by Marvin Bell ▪ Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov Ardor may also be: ▪ Passion, very strong feeling...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARDOR


Abdelkader
ˌæbdʊlˈkɑːdə
armada
ɑːˈmɑːdə
autostrada
ˈɔːtəʊˌstrɑːdə
Bader
ˈbɑːdə
bahadur
bəˈhɑːdə
cadre
ˈkɑːdə
empanada
ˌɛmpəˈnɑːdə
enchilada
ˌɛntʃɪˈlɑːdə
espada
eˈspɑːdə
Granada
ɡrəˈnɑːdə
hamada
həˈmɑːdə
lambada
læmˈbɑːdə
Masada
məˈsɑːdə
monarda
mɒˈnɑːdə
nada
ˈnɑːdə
Nevada
nɪˈvɑːdə
ramada
rəˈmɑːdə
regarder
rɪˈɡɑːdə
retarder
rɪˈtɑːdə
Vijayawada
ˌviːdʒaɪəˈwɑːdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARDOR

arcubalist
arcus
arcus senilis
ardeb
Arden
ardency
Ardennes
ardent
ardent spirits
ardently
ardour
ardri
ardrigh
Ards
arduous
arduously
arduousness
are
area
area code

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARDOR

ambassador
comprador
condor
corridor
dor
Ecuador
El Cid Campeador
El Salvador
humidor
Labrador
matador
mirador
Newfoundland and Labrador
odor
Salvador
San Salvador
sordor
sudor
Tudor
vendor

Synonyms and antonyms of ardor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ardor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARDOR

Find out the translation of ardor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ardor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ardor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

热情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ardor
570 millions of speakers

English

ardor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ललक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحماس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ardor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যগ্রতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ardeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ardor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Begeisterung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

情熱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

열정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ardor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiệt tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீவிரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्साह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şevk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ardore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ardoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζέση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ywer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

iver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

iver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ardor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARDOR»

The term «ardor» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.435 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARDOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ardor

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6 QUOTES WITH «ARDOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ardor.
1
Abigail Adams
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
2
Abraham Joshua Heschel
He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
3
Julia Ward Howe
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
4
Charles Brenton Huggins
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
5
Sextus Propertius
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better.
6
Wallace Stevens
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARDOR»

Discover the use of ardor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ardor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ada or Ardor
Written in mischievous and magically flowing prose, this is Nabokov's 'other' great love story; with some of Lolita's perversity and much more playfulness.
Vladimir Nabokov, 2012
2
Art & ardor: essays
Among the pieces included in this collection of wide-ranging essays are two extended essays on Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf and analyses of the work of contemporaries including Updike and Capote
Cynthia Ozick, 1983
3
Ardor
The recipient of an NEA Fellowship, she lives and teaches on the West Coast. ARDOR is the first of three books by Karen An-hwei Lee that Tupelo has committed to publishing.
Karen An-Hwei Lee, 2008
4
Ardor in the Court!: Sex and the Law
Spanning all legal history, from the Bible onward, these and other sex-charged legal cases are covered when sex meets the law in "Ardor in the Court."
Jeffrey Miller, 2002
5
Ardor
This piquant Southern tale reveals an ambivalent young woman between the ages of 18 to 23 with rapier wit and acid humor as she confronts and struggles her way through the travails that beset her.
James Ladd Thomas, 2012
6
A Defense of Ardor: Essays
A selection of literary essays from the celebrated poet covers a wide range of topics, from living in exile from the Soviet Union and his memories of reading Nietzsche in Communist Poland to his musings on various cities and his summary of ...
Adam Zagajewski, 2005
7
Violette Ardor: A Volume of Poetry
She is working on the sequel to her fantasy novel, a supernatural novel, and a screenplay. She also created a monthly internet newsletter called PeachPublishing. Violette Ardor is her first published poetry book.
Violette Reid, 2006
8
Ardor's Leveche
WindVerse - Ardor's Leveche By Charlotte Boyett-CompoWindVerse series.
Charlotte Boyett-Compo, 2005
9
Equal Ardor: Female Desire, Amatory Fiction, and the ...
By placing novels by Aphra Behn and Eliza Haywood at the center of the history of the novel, I argue that female selfhood in the early novel was contingent on the heroine's erotic desire, and that amatory fiction encouraged complex ...
Aleksondra Hultquist, 2008
10
Ada, or, Ardor, a family chronicle
Set in a "dreambright" America, at the turn of the century, the novel depicts an incestuous love affair
Vladimir Nabokov, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARDOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ardor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stack Overflow: Certain Doom
In this one, an asteroid nicknamed Ardor is headed toward Earth, with about 8 weeks until potential impact. At the beginning, the odds are ... «GeekDad, Jul 15»
2
Can Christians Still Celebrate Independence Day Now That Same …
Some have wondered if traditional Christians, especially Evangelicals, typically known for their patriotic ardor, will ever think of America the ... «Christian Post, Jul 15»
3
Beijing looks fair bet for 2022 Winter Games, despite lack of …
... with excitement, just weeks ahead of the July 31 decision on 2022 there is little sign of Olympic ardor, aside from a few posters in the subway. «WKZO, Jul 15»
4
The four types of obnoxious U.S. National Team soccer fans
... everybody else look bad by association, especially if you're creating ironic superpatriot collages to show your ardor for your national team. «The Goat Parade, Jul 15»
5
Ports - Stakeholders Count Gains of Commercial Regulation
... but in spite of that, the Council has continued to carry on with its statutory responsibilities with ardor, which has resulted in a lot of gains. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Flawed path in William Inge's 'Off the Main Road'
But the production runs aground at the end of Act 1, when Inge ask us to believe that Faye would respond with ardor to the sexual coercion of a ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
7
Living his dream aboard 18th-century replica ship
Bruno Gravellier, former French Navy commander and superintendent of the Hermione, was impressed by Hodges-Leclaire's ardor, and a little ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
8
Yankton And The 4th
... the Civil War, so there was much patriotic fervor during the 1860s — Independence Day was the ideal time to display that national ardor. «Yankton Daily Press, Jul 15»
9
'The Fantasticks' charms at Insight Theatre
But Joplin — one of St. Louis's top actors, in Shakespeare or anything else — delivers them all with such ardor that we realize that part of the ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
10
Four cult classics for your 4th of July weekend
In a time when young lovers swoon with ardor and the flowers bloom, a movie that has to do with Native American massacres and cannibalism ... «Bloguin, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ardor [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ardor>. May 2024 ».
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