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English
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Etymology
From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)
- (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
- (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
- (American spelling) Heat.
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Translations
intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- Bulgarian: плам (bg) (plam), страст (bg) f (strast)
- Catalan: fervor m or f, ardor (ca) m or f
- Mandarin: 熱情／热情 (zh) (rèqíng), 热情 (zh) (rèqíng)
- Chinese:
- 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), 気勢 (ja) (きせい, kisei), 意気込み (ja) (いきごみ, ikigomi)
- Macedonian: жар (žar), страст (strast)
- Maori: wana
- Middle English: fervour
- Norwegian: brennende iver
- Occitan: fervor (oc) f, ardor (oc) f
- 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)
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passionate enthusiasm for some cause
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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.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural fervors)
- fervor
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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fervōrem.
Noun
fervor m (plural fervores)
- fervor (passionate enthusiasm)
- the act of boiling
- Synonym: fervura
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Latin
Etymology
From ferveō + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor m (genitive fervōris); third declension
- boiling heat
- fermenting
- ardour, passion, fury
- intoxication
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
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.
Middle English
Noun
fervor
- Alternative form of fervour
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor f (plural fervors)
- fervor
- Synonym: ardor
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fervōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor m (plural fervores)
- fervour (passionate enthusiasm)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fervōrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɾˈboɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: fer‧vor
Noun
fervor m (plural fervores)
- fervor
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