Masculine

rovente

Meaning

  1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) red-hot
  2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) reddening, rubescent
  3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) burning
  4. (broadly, by-personal-gender, feminine, figuratively, masculine) very hot; sweltering
  5. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) fiery, barbed, pointed
  6. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) very tense or agitated

Frequency

25k
Hyphenated as
ro‧vèn‧te
Pronounced as (IPA)
/roˈvɛn.te/
Etymology

From Latin rubentem, present active participle of rubeō (“to be red; to become red”). Doublet of rubente.

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