fervor

== English == === Alternative forms === fervour (Commonwealth) === 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. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- +‎ -or (“abstract noun suffix”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːvə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈfəːvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝ.vɚ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /fɛɾvəɾ/ (New Zealand, Wales) IPA(key): /føːvə/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /feːvə/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /fɛːvə/ Homophone: further (th-fronting, fern–fir–fur merger) === Noun === fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors) (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. (American spelling) Heat. ==== Synonyms ==== (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fervent fervid fever ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “fervor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “fervor”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === frover == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [fərˈbur] IPA(key): (Balearic) [fərˈvo] IPA(key): (Central) [fərˈbor] IPA(key): (Valencia) [feɾˈvoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ferˈbor] === Noun === fervor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural fervors) fervor ==== Derived terms ==== fervorós ==== Related terms ==== fervent === References === === Further reading === “fervor”, 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 “fervor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fervor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin fervōrem. === Noun === fervor m (plural fervores) fervor (passionate enthusiasm) the act of boiling Synonym: fervura ==== Related terms ==== afervoar fervoroso === Further reading === “fervor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “fervor”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Latin == === Etymology === From ferveō + -or. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.wɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛr.vor] === 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 ==== Related terms ==== fervent fervorós === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fer‧vor === Noun === fervor m (plural fervores) fervour (passionate enthusiasm) ==== Related terms ==== fervente fervoroso === Further reading === “fervor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fervor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin fervōrem. Doublet of hervor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feɾˈboɾ/ [feɾˈβ̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: fer‧vor === Noun === fervor m (plural fervores) fervor Synonym: ardor ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fervor”, 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