effervesce
US/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/
effervesce verb: to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
Verb
effervesce (third-person singular simple present effervesces, present participle effervescing, simple past and past participle effervesced)
- 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
- To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
- To show high spirits.
effervesce meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
effervesce in Hindi
- to effervesce, bubble up
- बुदबुदाना budbudānā
effervesce in Tamil
- நுரைத்தெழுகின்ற, கொதி, நொதி, நுரை, பொங்கு
effervesce in Bengali
- ফেনা তোলা, হিসহিস শব্দ করা, প্রফুল্লতা প্রকাশ করা
effervesce in Telugu
- to effervesce; to boil or bubble up, overflow, boil over
- పొంగు poṅgu
More languagesFewer languages
- effervesce in Malayalam
- നുരച്ചുപൊന്തുക, നുരച്ചുപൊങ്ങുക, നുരയുക, നുരയ്ക്കുക
Forms of effervesce
| third-person singular present | effervesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | effervescing |
| past participle | effervesced |
| past | effervesced |
Origin of effervesce
From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.
Words formed from effervesce
Questions about effervesce
- What does effervesce mean?
- Effervesce means to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
- What is effervesce in Hindi?
- Effervesce in Hindi is बुदबुदाना (budbudānā). See Effervesce meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is effervesce?
- Effervesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce effervesce?
- Effervesce is pronounced /ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/ (US).
- What is the past tense of effervesce?
- The past tense of effervesce is effervesced.
Words near effervesce in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: effervesce (page history and authors); बुदबुदाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); effervesce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effervesce (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పొంగు (Telugu) (page history and authors); effervesce (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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