enthusiasm - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) + οὐσία (ousía, “essence”).
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈθjuːziæz(ə)m/, /-θɪu̯-/, /ɛn-/
- (yod-dropping) IPA(key): /-θuː-/
enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)
- Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Try to curb your enthusiasm.
They have a great enthusiasm for country music. - Something in which one is keenly interested.
- 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal, volumes 15-16, page 154:
My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends. - 2012, Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 23:
Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits; […]
- 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal, volumes 15-16, page 154:
- (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in History of Western Philosophy:
feeling of excited, lively interest
- Afrikaans: entoesiasme
- Arabic: حَمَاس m (ḥamās)
- Armenian: խանդավառություն (hy) (xandavaṙutʻyun), ավյուն (hy) (avyun), ոգեւորություն (hy) (ogeworutʻyun)
- Belarusian: энтузія́зм m (entuzijázm), захапле́нне n (zaxapljénnje), запа́л m (zapál)
- Bhojpuri: उत्साह (utsāh)
- Bulgarian: въодушевле́ние (bg) n (vǎoduševlénie), ентусиа́зъм (bg) m (entusiázǎm), възто́рг (bg) m (vǎztórg)
- Catalan: entusiasme (ca) m
- Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱情/热情 (zh) (rèqíng), 積極性/积极性 (zh) (jījíxìng) - Czech: nadšení (cs) n, entuziasmus (cs) m
- Danish: entusiame c
- Dutch: enthousiasme (nl) n, geestdrift (nl)
- Esperanto: entuziasmo (eo)
- Finnish: innostus (fi), into (fi), innokkuus (fi), hanakkuus (fi), vimma (fi)
- French: enthousiasme (fr) m, passion (fr) f
- Galician: entusiasmo (gl) m
- Georgian: ენთუზიაზმი (entuziazmi)
- German: Begeisterung (de) f, Enthusiasmus (de) m, Schwärmerei (de) f
- Greek: ενθουσιασμός (el) m (enthousiasmós)
Ancient: προθυμία f (prothumía) - Hausa: ɗoki (ha)
- Hebrew: הִתְלַהֲבוּת (he) f (hitlahavút), הִתְפַּעֲלוּת f (hitpaalút)
- Hindi: जोश (hi) m (joś), उत्साह (hi) m (utsāh)
- Hungarian: lelkesedés (hu)
- Icelandic: ákafi m, eldmóður (is) m
- Ido: entuziasmo (io)
- Italian: entusiasmo (it), foga (it) f
- Japanese: 情熱 (ja) (じょうねつ, jōnetsu), 熱意 (ja) (ねつい, netsui), 意気込み (ja) (いきごみ, ikigomi), 気勢 (ja) (きせい, kisei), 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō)
- Javanese: grengseng (jv)
- Korean: 열광 (ko) (yeolgwang), 열정 (ko) (yeoljeong), 열의 (yeorui)
- Latin: studium (la) n
- Luxembourgish: Begeeschterung f
- Macedonian: ентузија́зам m (entuzijázam)
- Malayalam: താത്പര്യം (ml) (tātparyaṁ), ഉത്സാഹം (ml) (utsāhaṁ)
- Manx: ard-jeeanid f
- Maori: koharatanga, ngākau whakapuke
- Marathi: उत्साह m (utsāha), जोश m (joś)
- Norwegian: begeistring c
Bokmål: entusiasme m
Nynorsk: entusiasme m, eldhug m - Persian: شور (fa) (šur)
- Polish: entuzjazm (pl) m
- Portuguese: entusiasmo (pt) m
- Romanian: entuziasm (ro) n
- Russian: энтузиа́зм (ru) m (entuziázm), воодушевле́ние (ru) n (vooduševlénije), запа́л (ru) m (zapál), восто́рг (ru) m (vostórg)
- Sanskrit: उत्साह (sa) m (utsāha)
- Scottish Gaelic: eud m
- Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: entuzijàzam (sh) m, oduševljenje (sh), zános (sh) m, ùshit (sh) m - Slovak: nadšenie n, entuziazmus (sk) m
- Slovene: navdušenje n
- Spanish: entusiasmo (es) m
- Swedish: entusiasm (sv) c
- Tagalog: entusyasmo
- Tamil: உத்வேகம் (ta) (utvēkam)
- Telugu: ఉత్సాహం (te) (utsāhaṁ)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tocharian B: spelkke
- Turkish: heves (tr), şevk (tr), coşku (tr)
- Ukrainian: ентузіа́зм m (entuziázm), запа́л m (zapál), запа́лення n (zapálennja)
- Uyghur: ئىشتىياق (ishtiyaq)
- Vietnamese: sự hăng hái (vi), sự nhiệt tình (vi)
(obsolete or historical) possession by a god; divine inspiration