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English

Etymology

From #French|effervescence.

Noun

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

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French

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Effervescence \Ef`fer*ves"cence\, Effervescency
\Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. effervescence.]
A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which
takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous
form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the
effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet effervescence
n 1: the process of bubbling as gas escapes
2: the property of giving off bubbles [syn: bubbliness, frothiness]

Moby Dictionary
ado , agitation , animation , assibilation , boiling , breeziness ,
briskness , brouhaha , bubbliness , bubbling , buoyancy , bustle , buzz ,
carbonation , commotion , disturbance , ebullience , ebulliency ,
ebullition , eddy , effervescency , effervescing , embroilment , energy ,
exuberance , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fizz , fizzing ,
fizzle , fizzling , flurry , foaming , frication , frictional rustling ,
frothiness , frothing , fume , hiss , hissing , hurly-burly , hurry ,
hurry-scurry , hush , hushing , life , lisp , liveliness , moxie ,
pell-mell , pep , peppiness , perturbation , piss and vinegar , pizzazz ,
rhonchus , ruffle , shush , shushing , sibilance , sibilation , siffle ,
sigmatism , siss , sissing , sizz , sizzle , sizzling , sneeze , sneezing ,
sniff , sniffle , snore , snort , snuff , snuffle , sparkle , spirit ,
spiritedness , spit , splutter , sprightliness , spumescence , sputter ,
squash , squelch , squish , sternutation , stertor , stir , swirl ,
swirling , swish , to-do , tumult , turbulence , turmoil , uproar , verve ,
vim , vivaciousness , vivacity , vortex , wheeze , whirl , whish ,
whistle , whistling , white noise , whiz , whoosh , yeastiness , zip