passion

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English

Etymology

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 (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”), see also Old English fēond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: păsh'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈpæʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰæʃən]
• Rhymes: -æʃən

Noun

passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions)

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. (Christianity, usually capitalized) 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. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.

9. (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition

   Antonym: action
10. (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
11. (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.

12. (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

Synonyms

• (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned)

1. (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
2. (transitive) To give a passionate character to.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “passion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Pasions, Spinosa, saposin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsːion/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠ːio̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːion
• Syllabification^(key): pas‧si‧on

Noun

passion

1. genitive singular of passio

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French passion, from Old French passion, borrowed from Latin passiōnem, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. (countable and uncountable) passion

Derived terms

• fruit de la passion

Related terms

• compassion
• pâtir

Further reading

• “passion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

passion

1. Alternative form of passioun

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French passion.

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. passion

Descendants

• French: passion

Old English

Alternative forms

• passio

Etymology

From Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑs.si͜un/

Noun

passion f (nominative plural passione)

1. passion of Christ
   • ðaet Eghwilc messepriost gesinge fore Osuulfes sawle twa messan, twa fore Beornðryðe sawle; and aeghwilc diacon arede twa passione fore his sawle, twa for hire; ― that Every mass-priest recites for Oswulf's soul two masses, two for Beornthryth's soul; and every deacon reads two passions for his soul. (Oswulf's Charters, c805)

Descendants

• >? Middle English: passioun

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “passion”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “passion”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passio, passionem.

Noun

passion oblique singular, f (oblique plural passions, nominative singular passion, nominative plural passions)

1. passion (suffering)
   1. (specifically, Christianity) the ordeal endured by Jesus in order to absolve humanity of sin

Descendants

• Middle French: passion
  • French: passion
• → Middle English: passioun, pascioun, passion, passione, passioune, passiun, passyon, passyoun, passyun
  • English: passion, Passion
  • Scots: passion, patient

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (passion)
• passiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin passio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɧuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

passion c

1. (romantic, intellectual, etc.) passion

   en brinnande passion ― a burning passion

2. a passion (object of passion)
3. (Christianity, almost exclusively in compounds) passion

Declension

Related terms

• passionerad

See also

• lidelse
• mani
• vurm
• åtrå

References

• passion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• passion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• passion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)