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fervor

/ˈfɜːvə/ UK
/ˈfəːvə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈfɝ.vɚ/ US
/fɛɾvəɾ/ Scotland
/føːvə/ New Zealand, Wales
/feːvə/
/fɛːvə/

Sounds like further (th-fronting, fern–fir–fur merger)

Where it comes from

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”).

noun fervors · fervour

US, countable, uncountable An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
US, countable, uncountable A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
Similar: fire in the belly, zeal
US, countable, uncountable Heat.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fervour, fervency, ardor, fervidness, ardour, fire, passion, enthusiasm, excitement, vigour, emotion, animation, craze, warmth, zeal, fanaticism

Translations

Every language

noun intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor

Español	fervor, ardor, acaloramiento, apasionamiento
日本語	熱情 netsujō, 情熱 jōnetsu, 気勢 kisei, 意気込み ikigomi
中文	熱情 /热情 rèqíng, 热情 rèqíng
Português	fervor
Français	ferveur
Deutsch	Inbrunst, Eifer, Begeisterung
Română	fervoare, ardoare
Русский	рве́ние rvénije, пыл pyl, жар žar, усе́рдие usérdije

noun passionate enthusiasm for some cause

Português	fervor
Deutsch	Leidenschaft
Română	fervoare
Русский	страсть strastʹ

noun heat

Русский	жара́ žará, зной znoj, жар žar

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@misc{fervor_2026,
  title = {fervor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fervor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}