different between fervor vs ferver

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.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ferve?.

Verb

ferver

1. to boil

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ferver (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ferve?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe???e?/

Verb

ferver (first-person singular present fervo, first-person singular preterite fervín, past participle fervido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to boil

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aferventar (“to blanch”)
• fervellasverzas (“restless person”, literally “boil-their-greens”)
• fervente (“boling; fiery”)
• fervenza (“waterfall”)
• ferver a cachón (“to bubble; to boil violently”)

References

• “ferver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ferv” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ferver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ferver” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ferver” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ferver, from Latin ferve?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eru- (“to be hot, boil”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /f???ve?/

Verb

ferver (first-person singular present indicative fervo, past participle fervido)

1. (transitive) to boil (heat a liquid until it begins to turn into a gas)
2. (intransitive) to boil (of a liquid); to turn into gas
3. (intransitive) (figuratively) to be crowded with people

Conjugation