Meanings
present singular third person effervesces · participle present effervescing · participle past effervesced · past effervesced
- intransitiveTo 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 - figurativelyintransitiveTo show high spirits.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latineffervescere“to boil up”
- Englisheffervesce
From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кипя, пеня се
- кипя (kipja)to emit small bubbles
- пеня се (penja se)to emit small bubbles
- кипвам (kipvam)to show high spirits
Finnish kuohua, poreilla
- kuohuato emit small bubbles
- poreillato emit small bubbles
- olla innoissaanto show high spirits
- vaahdotato show high spirits
Greek αφρίζω
- αφρίζω (afrízo)to emit small bubbles
Hungarian buborékol
- buborékolto emit small bubbles
Italian spumeggiare
- spumeggiareto emit small bubbles
Russian пузыри́ться
- пузыри́ться (puzyrítʹsja)to emit small bubbles
Cite this entry
effervesce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervesce
“effervesce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervesce. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effervesce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervesce.
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