fervor

English

Alternative forms

• (Commonwealth spelling) fervour

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

Synonyms

• (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal

Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fever

Translations

intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor

• Bulgarian: плам (bg) (plam), страст (bg) (strast) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱情 (cmn), 热情 (cmn) (rèqíng)

• Finnish: palo (fi)
• French: ferveur (fr) f

• German: Inbrunst (de) f, Eifer (de) m, Begeisterung (de) f
• Japanese: 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō), 情熱 (ja) (じょうねつ, jōnetsu)
• Romanian: fervoare (ro) f, ardoare (ro) f
• Russian: рвение (ru) (rvénije) n, пыл (ru) (pyl) m, жар (ru) (žar) m, усердие (ru) (usérdije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: žȃr (sh) m, gòrljivōst (sh) f, zános (sh) m

passionate enthusiasm for some cause

• Bulgarian: разпаленост (bg) (razpalenost) f
• Finnish: palo (fi)
• German: Leidenschaft (de) f
• Romanian: fervoare (ro) f

• Russian: страсть (ru) (strastʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian: žȃr (sh) m, gòrljivōst (sh) f, zános (sh) m
• Swedish: nit (sv)

heat

• Armenian: տապ (hy) (tap)
• Bulgarian: жега (bg) (žega) f, зной (bg) (znoj) m

• Russian: жара (ru) (žará) f, зной (ru) (znoj) m, жар (ru) (žar) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ferveur (f), émoi (m)

• Urdu: سرفروش (n)

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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Latin

Noun

fervor (genitive fervōris); m, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fervor	fervōrēs
genitive	fervōris	fervōrum
dative	fervōrī	fervōribus
accusative	fervōrem	fervōrēs
ablative	fervōre	fervōribus
vocative	fervor	fervōrēs

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Spanish

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervor