enthusiastic

English

Alternative forms

enthusiastick (obsolete)

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστικός (enthousiastikós), from ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) or ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -τικός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

(UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˌθuːziˈæstɪk/
Audio (GenAm) (file)
Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

enthusiastic (comparative more enthusiastic, superlative most enthusiastic)

With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
an enthusiastic lover of art
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
  a young man […] of a visionary and enthusiastic character
Relating to enthusiasm, or divine possession.

Derived terms

enthusiastically

Related terms

Translations

with zealous fervor; excited, motivated

Afrikaans: entoesiasties
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: խանդավառ (hy) (xandavaṙ)
Basque: gogotsu
Bulgarian: страстен (bg) (strasten), възторжен (bg) (vǎztoržen)
Catalan: entusiàstic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱心／热心 (zh) (rèxīn), 熱情／热情 (zh) (rèqíng), 很感興趣的／很感兴趣的 (hěn gǎn xìngqù de), 激動／激动 (zh) (jīdòng)
Czech: nadšený (cs) m
Danish: entusiastisk
Dutch: enthousiast (nl)
Esperanto: entuziasma
Finnish: innokas (fi), innostunut (fi)
French: enthousiaste (fr)
Galician: entusiástico (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: enthusiastisch (de), begeistert (de)
Greek: ενθουσιαστικός (el) m (enthousiastikós)
Ancient: πρόθυμος (próthumos)
Hungarian: lelkes (hu)
Indonesian: antusias (id)
Italian: entusiasta (it)
Japanese: 熱心 (ja) (ねっしん, nesshin)
Javanese: grengseng (jv), gumrengseng
Korean: 열광적인 (yeolgwangjeogin), 열성의 (yeolseong'ui)
Latin: cupiens, studiōsus (la), avidus (la)
Manx: ard-jeean
Maori: matangareka, whiwhita, hauoraora, ngākau whakapuke, kohara
Marathi: उत्साही (utsāhī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: entusiastisk (no)

Nynorsk: entusiastisk
Portuguese: entusiástico (pt), entusiasmado (pt)
Romanian: entuziast (ro), entuziasmat (ro)
Russian: восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj), по́лный энтузиа́зма (pólnyj entuziázma), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: dian, dealasach
Serbo-Croatian: entuzijàstičan (sh), zanèsen (sh)
Slovak: entuziastický m
Spanish: entusiasmado (es), entusiástico
Swedish: entusiastisk (sv)
Thai: กระตือรือร้น (th) (grà-dtʉʉ-rʉʉ-rón)
Turkish: hevesli (tr)
Vietnamese: hăng hái (vi), nhiệt tình (vi)
Volapük: lanälik (vo)
Welsh: brwdfrydig (cy)

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