Dictionary

fervor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɛɾvəɾ/ (Scotland)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfəːvə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /fɛːvə/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /ˈfɝ.vɚ/ (General-American)
• /føːvə/ (New-Zealand, Wales)
• /ˈfɜːvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /feːvə/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger

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”).

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
   • The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) Heat.

Forms

Deriveds

fervorless · fervorous · fervorent

Relateds

fervid · fever · fervent

Synonyms

fire in the belly (passionate enthusiasm) · zeal (passionate enthusiasm)

Translations (73)

cs zápal (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · enm fervour (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ru рве́ние (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · enm fervour (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · fa جوشش (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · de Eifer (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sh žȃr (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · bg страст (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · de Inbrunst (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sh zános (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · no brennende iver (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · es fervor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ru пыл (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · cs vášeň (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sh žȃr (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · es ardor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sh gòrljivōst (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ja 熱情 (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · pt fervor (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · fa جوشش (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · cs nadšení (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · tr tutku (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ota حرارت (heat) · de Begeisterung (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · mi wana (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · cs vřelost (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sv nit (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ro fervoare (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · enm fervour (heat) · ro fervoare (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · mk жар (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · pt fervor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ota حرارت (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · bg плам (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · bg разпаленост (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ja 気勢 (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · tr tutku (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · sh gòrljivōst (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ca ardor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · oc fervor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · bg жега (heat) · da iver (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ro ardoare (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ja 意気込み (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · mk страст (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ru усе́рдие (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · oc ardor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · sh zános (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · mk страст (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · cs nadšení (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ca fervor (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ota حرارت (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · fr ferveur (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ru жара́ (heat) · es apasionamiento (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · hy տապ (heat) · cmn 热情 (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ga díograis (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · bg зной (heat) · cs zápal (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · tr hararet (heat) · ru жар (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ru зной (heat) · ja 情熱 (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · de Leidenschaft (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ru жар (heat) · fi palo (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · cmn 熱情 /热情 (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · mk жар (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · ru страсть (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · fi palo (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor) · ca fervor (passionate enthusiasm for some cause) · es acaloramiento (intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor)