English Explanatory Dictionary

passion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  2. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
  3. Fervor, determination.
  4. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
  5. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.
  6. The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
  7. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
  8. Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
  9. The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition
  10. The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
  11. An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.
  12. Disorder of the mind; madness.
verb
  1. To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
  2. To give a passionate character to.
name
  1. The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæʃən/ [ˈpʰæʃən] ~ [ˈpʰæʃn̩] en-us-passion.ogg

Word forms

passion passions passioning passioned the Passion

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

Synonyms

ardor fire in the belly zeal ache grieve hurt agonize anguish pain passion suffer thole throe wark wring impassion

Antonyms

action

Related words

impassion impassive passionate passive passivity patience patient

Derived words

cardiac passion counterpassion crime of passion dispassion empassion grande passion grand passion heat of passion ileac passion iliac passion impassionate ischiadic passion mispassion outpassion pash passional passionate passion flower passion-flower passionflower passion fruit passionfruit passionful Passionist passion killer passionless passionlike passion of a convert passion pit passion play passion point passion pop passion potion passionproof passion-ridden Passion Sunday passiontini passion tree passion wagon propassion purple passion satis-passion throes of passion unpassion Passiontide

Translations

Arabic: آلَام Aramaic: ܚܫܐ Belarusian: му́ка Belarusian: стра́сці Belarusian: стра́сьці Bulgarian: мъ́ка Bulgarian: стра́сти Catalan: passió Chinese Mandarin: 受難 /受难 Cornish: passyon Czech: pašije Dutch: passie Finnish: kärsimys French: Passion German: Passion Gothic: 𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Greek: πάθη Hindi: दुःखभोग Hungarian: passió Icelandic: passía Indonesian: sengsara Japanese: 受難 Korean: 수난 Latin: passio Māori: mamae Middle English: passioun Norwegian Bokmål: pasjon Norwegian Nynorsk: pasjon Iranian Persian: مَصائِب Polish: pasja Polish: męka Portuguese: paixão Romanian: patimi Russian: му́ка Russian: стра́сти Serbo-Croatian: му̏ка Serbo-Croatian: mȕka Turkish: çile Ukrainian: му́ка Ukrainian: стра́сті Ukrainian: стра́сти Vietnamese: thương khó Vietnamese: khổ nạn
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