Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
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nounfeelings of great warmth and intensity
nounthe state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfervor“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”
- Middle Englishfervour
- Englishfervor
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”).
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Bulgarian плам, страст
- плам (plam)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- страст (strast)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- разпаленост (razpalenost)passionate enthusiasm for some cause
- жега (žega)heat
- зной (znoj)heat
Catalan fervor, ardor
- fervorintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- ardorintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- fervorpassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Chinese Mandarin 熱情 /热情, 热情
- 熱情 /热情 (rèqíng)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- 热情 (rèqíng)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Czech zápal, nadšení
- zápalintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- nadšeníintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- vášeňintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- vřelostintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- zápalpassionate enthusiasm for some cause
- nadšenípassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Danish iver
- iverintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Finnish palo, palo
- palointense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- palopassionate enthusiasm for some cause
French ferveur
- ferveurintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
German Inbrunst, Eifer
- Inbrunstintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- Eiferintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- Begeisterungintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- Leidenschaftpassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Irish díograis
- díograispassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Japanese 熱情, 情熱
- 熱情 (netsujō)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- 情熱 (jōnetsu)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- 気勢 (kisei)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- 意気込み (ikigomi)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Māori wana
- wanaintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Norwegian brennende iver
- brennende iverintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Persian جوشش, جوشش
- جوشش (jušeš)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- جوشش (jušeš)passionate enthusiasm for some cause
Portuguese fervor, fervor
- fervorintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- fervorpassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Romanian fervoare, ardoare
- fervoareintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- ardoareintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- fervoarepassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Russian рве́ние, пыл
- рве́ние (rvénije)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- пыл (pyl)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- жар (žar)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- усе́рдие (usérdije)intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- страсть (strastʹ)passionate enthusiasm for some cause
- жара́ (žará)heat
- зной (znoj)heat
- жар (žar)heat
Spanish fervor, ardor
- fervorintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- ardorintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- acaloramientointense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- apasionamientointense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
Swedish nit
- nitpassionate enthusiasm for some cause
Turkish tutku, tutku
- tutkuintense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
- tutkupassionate enthusiasm for some cause
- hararetheat
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Cite this entry
fervor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fervor
“fervor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fervor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fervor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fervor.
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