furor

English

Alternative forms

• furore
• furour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English fureor, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɚ/, /ˈfjɝɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊərɔː/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Führer

Noun

furor (countable and uncountable, plural furors)

1. A general uproar or commotion.
2. Violent anger or frenzy.
3. A state of intense excitement.

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

Translations

uproar

• Hindi: उत्तेजना (hi) (uttejnā)
• Italian: furore (it) m
• Norwegian: furore

• Russian: фуро́р (ru) m (furór)
• Spanish: furor (es) m

Related terms

• fury

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/

Noun

furor m or f (plural furors)

1. furor, frenzy
2. (figuratively) 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “furor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022

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Latin

Etymology 1

From fūr (“thief”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.ror/, [ˈfuːrɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfuːror]

Verb

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

1. I steal, plunder.

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fūrārī	fūrātum esse	fūrātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		fūrāns	fūrātus	fūrātūrus	—	—	fūrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fūrandī	fūrandō	fūrandum	fūrandō	fūrātum	fūrātū

Derived terms

• fūrāx

Related terms

• fūr
• fūrtim
• furtum
• fūrtīvus

Descendants

• Aromanian: fur, furari
• Istro-Romanian: furå
• Italian: furare
• Romanian: fura, furare
• Sardinian: furai

Etymology 2

From furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfʊrɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfuːror]

Noun

furor m (genitive furōris); third declension

1. a frenzy, rage, madness, fury

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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
• English: furor
• French: fureur
• Galician: furor
• Italian: furore
  • → English: furore
  • → German: Furore
• Piedmontese: furor
• Portuguese: furor
• Russian: фурор (furor)
• Sicilian: fururi
• 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

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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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/

• 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 Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/, [fuˈɾoɾ]

Noun

furor m (plural furores)

1. fury, rage
2. frenzy

Further reading

• “furor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

furor

1. indefinite plural of fura.