effervescence

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UK/ˌɛf.əˈvɛs.əns/US/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs.əns/

noun

The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.

Similar
bubblinessfrothiness
OriginFrench effervescence →
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Meanings

nouneffervescence (countable and uncountable, plural effervescences)

plural effervescences

  1. countableuncountableThe escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
  2. countableuncountableVivacity.
  3. countableuncountableFomentation.

    We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.

    1824, Walter Savage Landor, “George Washington and Benjamin Franklin”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume II, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of giving off bubbles

Similar
bubblinessfrothiness
Broader
gaseousness
Also see
bubblinessfizzfoamfrothinessliveliness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frencheffervescence
  2. Englisheffervescence

Borrowed from French effervescence. By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -escence.

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Translations

Bulgarian кипене, шупване
  • кипене (kipene)the escape of gas from solution in a liquid
  • шупване (šupvane)the escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Chinese Mandarin 冒泡
  • 冒泡 (màopào)the escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Finnish kuohunta
  • kuohuntathe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
French effervescence
  • effervescencethe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
German Sprudeln
  • Sprudelnthe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Irish broidearnach
  • broidearnachthe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Portuguese efervescência
  • efervescênciathe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Russian кипение
  • кипение (kipenie)the escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Spanish efervescencia
  • efervescenciathe escape of gas from solution in a liquid
Cite this entry
APA

effervescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervescence

MLA

“effervescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effervescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effervescence.

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