ardour

Other forms of ardour

plural

ardours·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ardour

What does ardour mean?

ardour means "a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ardour?

ardour has 2 syllables: ar-dour. The stress falls on "ar".

What is another word for ardour?

Close synonyms include ardor, elan, zeal, ardor, ardor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ardour a common word?

ardour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.