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}
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French verve (“animation; caprice, whim; rapture; spirit; vigour; type of expression”), probably from Late Latin verva, a variant of Latin verba (“words; discourse; expressions; language”), the plural of verbum (“word”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). Doublet of verb and word.",
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"ref": "2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 – 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2017-11-03",
"text": "After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage.",
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"Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing."
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"Enthusiasm",
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"rapture",
"rapture#Noun"
],
[
"spirit",
"spirit#Noun"
],
[
"vigour",
"vigour"
],
[
"imagination",
"imagination"
],
[
"animates",
"animate#Verb"
],
[
"artist",
"artist"
],
[
"musician",
"musician"
],
[
"writer",
"writer"
],
[
"composing",
"compose"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
]
],
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"word": "brio"
},
{
"word": "élan"
},
{
"word": "liveliness"
},
{
"word": "moxie"
},
{
"word": "panache"
},
{
"word": "vivacity"
},
{
"word": "enthusiasm"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zamáh",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зама́х"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "entusiazǎm",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "ентусиазъм"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "schwung"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "vervo"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "innostus"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "palo"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verve"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣armosaxva",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "წარმოსახვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sicxovele",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "სიცხოველე"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒala",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "ძალა"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verve"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Begeisterung"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Enthusiasmus"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwung"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oístros",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "οίστρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "brío",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "μπρίο"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "névro",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "νεύρο"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zontánia",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ζωντάνια"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verve"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"rare"
],
"word": "animatezza"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "brio"
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estro"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vivacità"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "esupuri",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "エスプリ"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "elan",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "елан"
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "polet",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полет"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "wana"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "werwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wigor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bigiel"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vervă"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vooduševlenije",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воодушевление"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vdoxnovenije",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вдохновение"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "denuedo"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "energía"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fogosidad"
},
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"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nervio"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stuns"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 13",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "jīvan",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جیون"
}
]
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"(obsolete) A particular skill in writing."
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],
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],
[
"brio",
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],
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}
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "vervo"
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "innostus"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "palo"
},
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣armosaxva",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "წარმოსახვა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sicxovele",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "სიცხოველე"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒala",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "ძალა"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verve"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Begeisterung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Enthusiasmus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "oístros",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "οίστρος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "brío",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ζωντάνια"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verve"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
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"rare"
],
"word": "animatezza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "vivacità"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "esupuri",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "エスプリ"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "elan",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "polet",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "полет"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"word": "wana"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "werwa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wigor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bigiel"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vervă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vooduševlenije",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воодушевление"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vdoxnovenije",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вдохновение"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "denuedo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "energía"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fogosidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nervio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stuns"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "jīvan",
"sense": "enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist musician, or writer, in composing or performing — see also spirit, vigour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جیون"
}
],
"word": "verve"
}
{
"categories": [
"French 1-syllable words",
"French countable nouns",
"French doublets",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French feminine nouns",
"French lemmas",
"French nouns",
"French terms derived from Late Latin",
"French terms derived from Latin",
"French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
"French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werh₁-",
"French terms inherited from Late Latin",
"French terms inherited from Latin",
"French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verve",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: verve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: verve"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Verve",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Verve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Verve"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verve",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: verve",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: verve"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*werh₁-",
"4": "*dʰeh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "verva"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin verva",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "la",
"3": "verba",
"t": "words; discourse; expressions; language"
},
"expansion": "Latin verba (“words; discourse; expressions; language”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "plural"
},
"expansion": "plural",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verbum",
"t": "word"
},
"expansion": "verbum (“word”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "word"
},
"expansion": "word",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*werdʰh₁om",
"4": "*wérdʰh₁om",
"5": "that which is said; utterance, word"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wérdʰh₁om (“that which is said; utterance, word”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*wérdʰh₁eti",
"3": "",
"4": "to speak, say"
},
"expansion": "*wérdʰh₁eti (“to speak, say”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "^*werh₁-",
"3": "*-dʰh₁eti",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "*werh₁- + *-dʰh₁eti",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "verbe"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of verbe",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Late Latin verva, a variant of Latin verba (“words; discourse; expressions; language”), the plural of verbum (“word”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wérdʰh₁om (“that which is said; utterance, word”), from the verb *wérdʰh₁eti (“to speak, say”), derived from the root *werh₁- + *-dʰh₁eti. Doublet of verbe.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "verves",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "verve f (plural verves)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"eloquence"
],
"links": [
[
"eloquence",
"eloquence"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"verve, brio"
],
"links": [
[
"verve",
"verve#English"
],
[
"brio",
"brio"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɛʁv/"
}
],
"word": "verve"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "ver",
"3": "-ve",
"nocat": "y",
"pos2": "adverbial-participle suffix",
"t1": "to beat"
},
"expansion": "ver (“to beat”) + -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "ver (“to beat”) + -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "participle"
},
"expansion": "verve",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ver‧ve"
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hungarian adverbial participles",
"Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hungarian non-lemma forms",
"Hungarian participles",
"Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Hungarian/vɛ"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ver"
}
],
"glosses": [
"adverbial participle of ver"
],
"links": [
[
"ver",
"ver#Hungarian"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"form-of",
"participle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛrvɛ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-vɛ"
}
],
"word": "verve"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "fr",
"3": "verve",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "French verve",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "fr",
"3": "verve"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from French verve",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from French verve.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "#"
},
"expansion": "verve f (invariable)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian 1-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian feminine nouns",
"Italian indeclinable nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms borrowed from French",
"Italian terms derived from French",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛrv",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛrv/1 syllable"
],
"glosses": [
"verve"
],
"links": [
[
"verve",
"verve#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "brio"
},
{
"word": "estro"
},
{
"word": "vivacità"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"invariable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɛrv/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛrv"
}
],
"word": "verve"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "hverfa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hverfa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gml",
"3": "werven"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German werven",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwarbijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "kverve"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of kverve",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse hverfa, with influence from Middle Low German werven. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijaną. Doublet of kverve.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vervar",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "verva",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "verva",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "vervast",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "vervande",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "verve",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "verv",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to enlist"
],
"links": [
[
"enlist",
"enlist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to enlist"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk reflexive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to enlist, to join a cause or organization, especially military service"
],
"links": [
[
"enlist",
"enlist"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"organization",
"organization"
],
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"service",
"service"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive) to enlist, to join a cause or organization, especially military service"
],
"tags": [
"reflexive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²ʋær.ʋə/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "a-infinitive",
"word": "verva"
}
],
"word": "verve"
}
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