fervor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 External links 2 Spanish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (Commonwealth spelling) fervour

[edit] Etymology

< Middle English < Old French < Latin fervor (“‘a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion’”) < fervere (“‘to boil, be hot’”); see fervent.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable; plural fervors)

1. (US) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
2. (US) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3. (US) Heat.

[edit] Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fever

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• fervor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fervor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

fervor m. (plural fervores)

1. fervor