furor

English

Alternative forms

• furore (UK), furour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɔː/
  • (pour–poor merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔːɹɔː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊɹˌoɹ/, /ˈfjʊɹɚ/, /ˈfjuˌɹoɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹɔː(ɹ), -ʊəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Führer

Noun

furor (countable and uncountable, plural furors) (American spelling)

1. A general uproar or commotion.
   • 1998, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, American Medicine: The Quest for Competence (page 79)

     This action created a furor in the broader medical community. It was considered undoctorly, unprofessional, illegal, and an infringement on the right to practice.

2. Violent anger or frenzy.

   The verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.

3. A state of intense excitement.

   The story of the princess's affair caused a furor among journalists.

Related terms

• furor uterinus
• fury, furious

Translations

uproar

• Czech: rozruch (cs) m, poprask m
• Hindi: उत्तेजना (hi) (uttejnā)
• Italian: furore (it) m
• Norwegian: furore
• Russian: фуро́р (ru) m (furór)
• Spanish: furor (es) m

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fuˈɾor]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

furor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural furors)

1. furor, frenzy
2. (figurative) rage, craze

Derived terms

• fer furor

Related terms

• fúria
• furiós

Further reading

• “furor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “furor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “furor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Latin

Etymology 1

From fūr (“thief”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.rɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.ror]

Verb

fūror (present infinitive fūrārī, perfect active fūrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to steal, plunder
2. to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fūror (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūror		fūrāris, fūrāre		fūrātur		fūrāmur		fūrāminī		fūrantur
	imperfect	fūrābar		fūrābāris, fūrābāre		fūrābātur		fūrābāmur		fūrābāminī		fūrābantur
	future	fūrābor		fūrāberis, fūrābere		fūrābitur		fūrābimur		fūrābiminī		fūrābuntur
	perfect	fūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fūrer		fūrēris, fūrēre		fūrētur		fūrēmur		fūrēminī		fūrentur
	imperfect	fūrārer		fūrārēris, fūrārēre		fūrārētur		fūrārēmur		fūrārēminī		fūrārentur
	perfect	fūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fūrāre		—		—		fūrāminī		—
	future	—		fūrātor		fūrātor		—		—		fūrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fūrārī			—			fūrāns			—
future		fūrātūrum esse			—			fūrātūrus			fūrandus
perfect		fūrātum esse, fūrāsse			—			fūrātus			—
future perfect		fūrātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		fūrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fūrandī		fūrandō		fūrandum		fūrandō		fūrātum		fūrātū

Derived terms

• furātor
• fūrāx
• suffūror

Related terms

• fūr
• furātrīna
• fūrtim
• fūrtīvus
• fūrtō
• fūrtum

Descendants

• Aromanian: fur, furari
• Istro-Romanian: furå
• Italian: furare
• Romanian: fura, furare
• Sardinian: furai
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *fūricāre
  • Italian: frugare

Etymology 2

From furō (“to rage, to be out of one's mind”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊ.rɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.ror]

Noun

furor m (genitive furōris); third declension

1. frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness, passion
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations 1:

     Quam diū etiam furor iste tuus nōs ēlūdet?

     How long yet will that madness of yours mock us?

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.150:

     iamque facēs et saxa volant: furor arma ministrat

     [A crowd of people riots,] and before long, firebrands and rocks are flying: fury supplies weapons.
     (In other words, an impassioned mob, though seemingly unarmed, nevertheless finds destructive uses for things: “saxa” become “arma.”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	furor	furōrēs
genitive	furōris	furōrum
dative	furōrī	furōribus
accusative	furōrem	furōrēs
ablative	furōre	furōribus
vocative	furor	furōrēs

Related terms

• furō

Descendants

• → Catalan: furor
• → Old French: furor
  • Middle French: fureur
    • French: fureur
    • → Middle English: furour, fourour
      • English: furor (obsolete furour)
• → Galician: furor
• → Italian: furore
  • → English: furore
  • → German: Furore
  • → Russian: фурор (furor)
• Judeo-Italian: פֿוּרוּרוֹ (p̄ururo /⁠fururo⁠/)
• → Old Occitan: furor
• → Piedmontese: furor
• → Portuguese: furor
• → Sicilian: fururi
• → Romanian: furoare
• → Spanish: furor

References

• “furor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “furor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
    
  • to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
    
  • in a transport of rage: furore incensus, abreptus, impulsus
    
• “furor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoʁ/ [fuˈɾoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoʁ/ [fuˈɾoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoʁ/ [fuˈɾoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾo.ɾi/

• Homophones: furou, furô (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: fu‧ror

Noun

furor m (plural furores)

1. furor (general uproar or commotion)
2. furor; frenzy (state of intense excitement)

   Synonyms: frenesi, azáfama

3. fury (extreme anger)

   Synonyms: fúria, ira, cólera

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:furor.

Further reading

• “furor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “furor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/ [fuˈɾoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: fu‧ror

Noun

furor m (plural furores)

1. fury, rage

   Synonym: rabia

2. frenzy

   Synonym: frenesí

Further reading

• “furor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Noun

furor

1. indefinite plural of fura