"enthuse" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛnˈθjuːz/ [Canada, UK], /ɪnˈθjuːz/ [Canada, UK], /ɛnˈθuz/ [Canada, US], /ɪnˈθuz/ [Canada, US], /ɛnˈθɪu̯z/ [Canada, Wales] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enthuse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: enthuses [present, singular, third-person], enthusing [participle, present], enthused [participle, past], enthused [past]
Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: First attested from 1827. Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|enthusiasm}} Back-formation from enthusiasm, {{der|en|grc|ἔνθεος||possessed by a god}} Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), {{m|grc|ἐν||in}} ἐν (en, “in”), {{m|grc|θεός||god}} θεός (theós, “god”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} enthuse (third-person singular simple present enthuses, present participle enthusing, simple past and past participle enthused)
  1. (intransitive) To show enthusiasm. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-enthuse-en-verb-9JSeNLnF
  2. (proscribed, sometimes humorous) To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic. Tags: humorous, proscribed, sometimes Translations (to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm): ոգեւորել (ogeworel) (Armenian), ентусиазирам (entusiaziram) (Bulgarian), entusiasmar (Catalan), nadchnout (Czech), enthousiasmeren (Dutch), entuziasmigi (Esperanto), enthousiasmer (French), entusiasmar (Galician), begeistern (German), lelkesít (Hungarian), entuziasmigar (Ido), spreag (Irish), entusiasmare (Italian), whakamāhanahana (Maori), kohara (Maori), entusiasmar (Portuguese), вызывать энтузиазм (vyzyvatʹ entuziazm) (Russian), entusiasmar (Spanish), entusiasmera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-enthuse-en-verb-15iov4EH Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: enthusiasm, enthusiast, enthusiastic Translations (to feel enthusiasm): ентусиазирам се (entusiaziram se) (Bulgarian), begeistern (German), lelkesedik (Hungarian), kohara (Maori), проявля́ть энтузиа́зм (projavljátʹ entuziázm) (Russian), захоплюватися (zaxopljuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), захопитися (zaxopytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'to feel enthusiasm': 45 55

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "whakamāhanahana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "kohara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "entusiasmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyzyvatʹ entuziazm",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "вызывать энтузиазм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "entusiasmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm",
      "word": "entusiasmera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enthuse"
}

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