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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɝvɚ/

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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

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

Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fever

Translations

intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor

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

  Mandarin: 熱情／热情 (zh) (rèqíng), 热情 (zh) (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 (じょうねつ, jōnetsu)
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• Macedonian: жар (žar), страст (strast)
• Maori: wana
• Persian: جوشش (fa) (jušeš)
• Portuguese: fervor (pt) m
• Romanian: fervoare (ro) f, ardoare (ro) f
• Russian: рве́ние (ru) n (rvénije), пыл (ru) m (pyl), жар (ru) m (žar), усе́рдие (ru) n (usérdije)
• Serbo-Croatian: žȃr (sh) m, gòrljivōst (sh) f, zános (sh) m
• Spanish: fervor (es) m, ardor (es) m, acaloramiento (es) m, apasionamiento (es) m
• Turkish: tutku (tr)

passionate enthusiasm for some cause

• Bulgarian: разпаленост (bg) f (razpalenost)
• Finnish: palo (fi)
• German: Leidenschaft (de) f
• Irish: díograis f
• Macedonian: жар (žar), страст (strast)
• Persian: جوشش (fa) (jušeš)
• Portuguese: fervor (pt) m
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• Romanian: fervoare (ro) f
• Russian: страсть (ru) f (strastʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: žȃr (sh) m, gòrljivōst (sh) f, zános (sh) m
• Swedish: nit (sv)
• Turkish: tutku (tr)

heat

• Armenian: տապ (hy) (tap)
• Bulgarian: жега (bg) f (žega), зной (bg) m (znoj)
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• Russian: жара́ (ru) f (žará), зной (ru) m (znoj), жар (ru) m (žar)
• Turkish: hararet (tr)

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• (deprecated template usage) French: ferveur (f), émoi (m)
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• (deprecated template usage) Urdu: سرفروش (n)

Further reading

• “fervor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fervor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• frover

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Latin

Etymology

From ferveō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.u̯or/, [ˈfɛru̯ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.vor/, [ˈfɛrvor]

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

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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fervōris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɨɾ.ˈvoɾ/
• Hyphenation: fer‧vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fervōris.

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervor