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say it: zeel
zeal is a noun meaning "a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)". It is pronounced /ˈzil/ — zeel. It carries 3 recorded senses.
excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end
“he had an absolute zeal for litigation”
prompt willingness
“readiness to continue discussions”
“they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel”
“they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority”
“he tried to explain his forwardness in battle”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for zeal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.