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fervor

UK/ˈfɜːvə/

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British/ˈfəːvə/

fervor noun: an intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)

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

fervor meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Persian

fervor in Tamil

தீவிர ஆர்வம், வெறி, உணர்ச்சிவேகம், உற்சாகம், ஊக்கம், ஊக்கப்பாடு

fervor in Bengali

প্রবল আবেগ, উত্তেজনা, গভীর আন্তরিকতা, উৎসাহ

fervor in Persian

intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
جوشش jušeš
passionate enthusiasm for some cause
جوشش jušeš

Examples of fervor in a sentence

  • The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
  • Unable to contain his excitement, Foyʼs voice rose two octaves and took on a Hitlerian fervor.
  • Even the hardcore Toriphiles didn't seem to embrace Strange Little Girls with their normal fervor.

All 21 example sentences with fervor

Synonyms of fervor

Forms of fervor

pluralfervors
alternative Commonwealthfervour

Origin of fervor

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”).

Words formed from fervor

Questions about fervor

What does fervor mean?
Fervor means an intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
What is fervor in Tamil?
Fervor in Tamil is தீவிர ஆர்வம், வெறி, உணர்ச்சிவேகம். See Fervor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fervor?
Fervor is a noun.
How do you pronounce fervor?
Fervor is pronounced /ˈfɜːvə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fervor?
The plural of fervor is fervors.

Words near fervor in the dictionary

  1. fervidity
  2. fervidly
  3. fervidness
  4. fervidolysin
  5. Fervidor
  6. fervor
  7. fervorent
  8. fervorless
  9. fervorlessness
  10. fervorous
  11. fervors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fervor (page history and authors); fervor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fervor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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