furor

== English == === Alternative forms === furore (UK), furour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“To rage, to be out of one's mind”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɔː/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /ˈfjɔːɹɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊɹˌoɹ/, /ˈfjʊɹɚ/, /ˈfjuˌɹoɹ/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹɔː(ɹ), -ʊəɹə(ɹ) Homophone: Führer === Noun === furor (countable and uncountable, plural furors) (American spelling) A general uproar or commotion. Violent anger or frenzy. A state of intense excitement. ==== Related terms ==== furor uterinus fury, furious ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin furōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fuˈɾor] === Noun === furor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural furors) furor, frenzy (figurative) 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “furor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From fūr (“thief”) +‎ -or. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.rɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.ror] ==== Verb ==== fūror (present infinitive fūrārī, perfect active fūrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent to steal, plunder to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Aromanian: fur, furari Istro-Romanian: furå Italian: furare Romanian: fura, furare Sardinian: furai ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *fūricāre Italian: frugare === Etymology 2 === From furō (“to rage, to be out of one's mind”) +‎ -or. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊ.rɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfuː.ror] ==== Noun ==== furor m (genitive furōris); third declension frenzy, fury, rage, raving, insanity, madness, passion ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Related terms ===== furō ===== Descendants ===== === 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. “furor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin furōrem. === Pronunciation === Homophones: furou, furô (non-rhotic accents) Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ Hyphenation: fu‧ror === Noun === furor m (plural furores) furor (general uproar or commotion) furor; frenzy (state of intense excitement) Synonyms: frenesi, azáfama fury (extreme anger) Synonyms: fúria, ira, cólera ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:furor. === Further reading === “furor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “furor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin furor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/ [fuˈɾoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: fu‧ror === Noun === furor m (plural furores) fury, rage Synonym: rabia frenzy Synonym: frenesí === Further reading === “furor”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === furor indefinite plural of fura