fervor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion), from fervere (to boil, be hot); see fervent.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝvɚ/
  • (file)

Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)

  1. (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
    The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
  2. (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
  3. (American spelling) Heat.

Synonyms

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

fervor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural fervors)

  1. fervor

Derived terms

References

  1. fervor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem.

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

  1. fervor (passionate enthusiasm)
  2. the act of boiling
    Synonym: fervura

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From ferveō + -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

fervor m (genitive fervōris); third declension

  1. boiling heat
  2. fermenting
  3. ardour, passion, fury
  4. intoxication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fervor fervōrēs
Genitive fervōris fervōrum
Dative fervōrī fervōribus
Accusative fervōrem fervōrēs
Ablative fervōre fervōribus
Vocative fervor fervōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: fervor
  • French: ferveur
  • Galician: fervor
  • Italian: fervore
  • Occitan: fervor
  • Portuguese: fervor
  • Spanish: fervor

References

  • fervor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fervor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fervor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

fervor

  1. Alternative form of fervour

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

fervor f (plural fervors)

  1. fervor
    Synonym: ardor

References

  1. Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 271.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /feʁˈvoʁ/ [feɦˈvoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /feɾˈvoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /feʁˈvoʁ/ [feʁˈvoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /feɻˈvoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾˈvoɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾˈboɾ/ [fɨɾˈβoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾˈvo.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: fer‧vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

  1. fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fervōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɾˈboɾ/ [feɾˈβ̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: fer‧vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

  1. fervor

Further reading

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