furore

See also: Furore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian furore, from Latin furor. Doublet of furor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fjʊəˈɹɔːɹi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Noun

furore (countable and uncountable, plural furores)

1. Alternative form of furor (“uproar, commotion, etc.”)
   • 2015 July 15, Thomas McMullan, “The world's first hack: the telegraph and the invention of privacy”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “Despite the current furore over hacking, which is only a modern term for bugging, eavesdropping, signals intercept, listening-in, tapping, monitoring, there has never been guaranteed privacy since the earliest optical telegraphs to today’s internet,” Packer says. “There never was and never will be privacy.”

Danish

Etymology

From Italian furore, from Latin furor (“frenzy, rage, madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furoːrə/, [fuˈʁoːɐ]

Noun

furore c (singular definite furoren, not used in plural form)

1. furore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈro.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: fu‧ró‧re

Noun

furore m (plural furori)

1. fury, violence
2. frenzy
3. excitement

Related terms

• furia
• furoreggiare

Descendants

• → English: furore
• → German: Furore

Further reading

• furore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

furōre

1. ablative singular of furor