different between fervor vs fervent

English

Alternative forms

• fervour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?v?/

Noun

fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)

1. (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

2. (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3. (American spelling) Heat.

Synonyms

• (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal

Related terms

• fervent
• fervid
• fever

Translations

Further reading

• fervor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fervor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• frover

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fervor, attested from the 14th century.

Noun

fervor m or f (plural fervors)

1. fervor

Derived terms

• fervorós

Related terms

• fervent

References

Further reading

• “fervor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fervor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fervor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From ferve? +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fer.u?or/, [?f?ru??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fer.vor/, [?f?rv?r]

Noun

fervor m (genitive ferv?ris); third declension

1. boiling heat
2. fermenting
3. ardour, passion, fury
4. intoxication

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• fervor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fervor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fervor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

fervor f (plural fervors)

1. fervor

   Synonym: ardor

Related terms

• fervent
• fervorós

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /f??.?vo?/
• Hyphenation: fer?vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

Related terms

• fervente
• fervoroso

Further reading

• “fervor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ris.

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

1. fervor

Related terms

• ferviente
• fervoroso

Further reading

• “fervor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?.v?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.v?nt/
• Hyphenation: fer?vent
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?nt

Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
   • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda, ch. 3:

     As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,

     Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:

     But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Derived terms

• fervently

Related terms

• fever
• ferment
• fervid
• fervor

Translations

Further reading

• fervent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fervent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fervent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /f???vent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /f?r?ben/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe??vent/

Adjective

fervent (masculine and feminine plural fervents)

1. fervent

   Synonym: fervorós

Derived terms

• ferventment

Related terms

• fervor

Further reading

• “fervent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fervent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fervent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fervent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ferv?ntem, accusative of ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.v??/
• Homophone: fervents

Adjective

fervent (feminine singular fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)

1. fervent

Derived terms

• fervemment

Further reading

• “fervent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

fervent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ferve?

Romanian

Etymology

From French fervent, from Latin fervens.

Adjective

fervent m or n (feminine singular fervent?, masculine plural ferven?i, feminine and neuter plural fervente)

1. fervent

Declension