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effervesce en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of a liquid) To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
   • After some remonstrances, she takes up a champagne bottle, but is frightened by the sudden explosion of the cork, and drops it upon the floor. There the untasted liquor effervesces. 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The New Adam and Eve”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
2. (intransitive, of a gas) To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
3. (figuratively, intransitive, of a person) To show high spirits.

Forms

Deriveds

effervescive · effervescingly · effervescible

Relateds

effervescent · effervescence

Translations (12)

bg пеня се (to emit small bubbles) · bg кипвам (to show high spirits) · fi olla innoissaan (to show high spirits) · fi poreilla (to emit small bubbles) · bg кипя (to emit small bubbles) · hu buborékol (to emit small bubbles) · ru пузыри́ться (to emit small bubbles) · el αφρίζω (to emit small bubbles) · ota كوپورمك (to emit small bubbles) · fi kuohua (to emit small bubbles) · it spumeggiare (to emit small bubbles) · fi vaahdota (to show high spirits)