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Definition: Effervesce |
EffervesceVerb1. Of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "effervesce" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Note: Effervesce \Ef`fer*vesce"\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Effervesced; present participle verb or noun Effervescing.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: EffervesceSynonyms: fizz (v), foam (v), froth (v), sparkle (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer. |
Bubble | Verb: bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle. |
Vaporization | Bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil. |
Violence | Verb: be -violent; Adjective: run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot; rough house; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Effervesce |
| English words defined with "effervesce": Effervesced, Emboil, Exestuate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "effervesce": Poison Detectors. (references) |
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| Carbonated; carbonation; pour; buzz; effervesce; fizzle; froth; hiss; seethe; sibilate; simmer; sparkle; sputter; whisper; whoosh; bubble. | Buzz; effervesce; fizzle; froth; hiss; seethe; sibilate; simmer; sparkle; sputter; whisper; whoosh. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Effervesce" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Effervesce" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
effervesce | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "effervesce"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ziej (boil, boil over, poach, seethe, simmer, stew), shkumëzoj (foam, froth, lather, seethe), flluskoj (bubble). (various references) | |
Arabic | فور (fizz, sink), إهتاج (be agitated, be excited, be nervous, be upset, boil, ferment, flurry, flutter, fuss, seethe, simmer), إنفعل (carry on), رغا (cream, foam, froth, lather, ramble). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шупвам (yeast), кипя (boil, churn, ferment, seethe, wallop, work), вълнувам се (flutter, get excited, pulsate, roll, surge, take on, thrill, throb), ликувам (exult, glory, rejoice, triumph), пеня се (bubble, churn, cream, fizz, foam, froth, froth up, fume, lather, scum, spume). (various references) | |
Chinese | 兴奋 (Effervesced, Effervescing, Exaltation, Excitatory, Excitement, Exhilarate, Exhilarated, Exhilarating, heady, mind-blowing, thrill, thrilled, thrilling, tingle). (various references) | |
Czech | pìnit se (spume), šumìt (bubble, fizz, swash, whisper). (various references) | |
Farsi | گازدارکردن(مشروبات وغیره), جوش زدن (Breakout). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaahdota (foam, froth, lather), juomasta. (various references) | |
French | entrer en effervescence, pétiller, déborder, être tout excité. (various references) | |
German | sprudeln (bubble, bubbling, effervescence, fizz, pour out, sputter). (various references) | |
Greek | βράζω (boil, brew, decoct, ferment, malt, seethe), αναβράζω (ferment, to prime, to seethe). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"תסיס (agitate, excite, ferment). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pezseg (ferment, fizz, to bubble, to churn, to effervesce, to fizz, to fizzle, to seethe), habzik (foam, froth, lather, scum, to cream, to effervesce, to feather, to foam, to froth, to mantle, to ream, to scum, to yeast). (various references) | |
Indonesian | muai, bergelora (fiery, impassioned, seethe). (various references) | |
Italian | essere effervescente (bubble), spumeggiare (bubble, fizz, fizzle, foam, froth, sparkle). (various references) | |
Manx | keshal (cream, cream of ale etc., effervescence, fizz, foam, foaming, froth, frothing, lather, lathering), broie (boil, effervescence, overdo, parch, seethe, stew). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | effervesceay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aferente (afferent). (various references) | |
Romanian | fierbe (boil, bubble over, cook, ferment, fizz, heat, poach, pot, rage, resound, roar, seethe, simmer, torment, torture), fi în stare de efervescenţã. (various references) | |
Russian | быть в возбуждении, пузыриться (bubble). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ispuštati mehuriće (bubble), biti živahan. (various references) | |
Spanish | estar en efervescencia. (various references) | |
Swedish | skumma (browse, foam, froth, scan, scum, skim), bubbla (bubble). (various references) | |
Thai | เป็นฟอง (bubbly), มีชีวิตชีวา (kickin', scintillating, sprightly, swinging). (various references) | |
Turkish | köpürmek (be hopping mad, boil, boil over, bubble, churn, cream, explode, fizz, fly off the handle, foam, froth, lather, rage, ramp, ramp and rage, seethe, sparkle, yeast), galeyana gelmek (be agitated, boil, boil over), coşmak (boil up, bubble over, enthuse, glow, gush, let oneself go, overflow, slop over). (various references) | |
Ukranian | хвилюватися (bother, care, create, fidget, flutter, grizzle, mind, raise a dust, run high, stew, throb, wave, welter), пускати бульбашки, пінитися (cream, fizz, foam, froth, mantle, ream, scum, spume). (various references) | |
Welsh | berwi (boil, seethe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bullas, efferbuerunt, efferbuit. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | uzdâtât. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "effervesce": effervesced, effervescence, effervescences, effervescent, effervescently, effervesces. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-f-r-s-v" | |
-4 letters: creese, fevers, reeves, severe. | |
-5 letters: ceres, feces, feres, fever, frees, reefs, reeve, resee, scree, serve, sever, veers, verse. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-f-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: effervesced, effervesces. | |
+2 letters: effervescent. | |
+3 letters: effervescence. | |
+4 letters: effervescences, effervescently, supereffective. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01110110 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E f f e r v e s c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0066 0066 0065 0072 0076 0065 0073 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39727271848871856971 |
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