fervour

== English == === Etymology === By surface analysis, Latin ferv- +‎ -our (“abstract noun suffix”). === Noun === fervour (countable and uncountable, plural fervours) Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor. ==== Derived terms ==== fervourless fervourous ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fervor, fervowr === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French fervor, from Latin fervor, fervōrem; compare fervent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛrˈvuːr/, /ˈfɛrvur/ === Noun === fervour (uncountable) fervour (emotional passion or enthusiasm) Intense heat or fieriness. (rare) Tempestuousness, raging. ==== Descendants ==== English: fervor, fervour Scots: fervour ==== References ==== “fervǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.