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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Fervor \Fer"vor\, n. [Written also fervour.] [OF. fervor,
     fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]
     1. Heat; excessive warmth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The fevor of ensuing day.             --Waller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor;
        passion; holy zeal; earnestness. --Hooker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Winged with fervor of her love.       --Shak.
  
     Syn: Fervor, Ardor.
  
     Usage: Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat.
            Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its
            derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions
            under the image of ebullition, or as pouring
            themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of
            passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity,
            fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is
            used when we think of anything as springing from a
            deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent
            zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the
            fight.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Fervor \Fer"vor\, n. [Written also fervour.] [OF. fervor,
     fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]
     1. Heat; excessive warmth.
  
              The fevor of ensuing day.             --Waller.
  
     2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor;
        passion; holy zeal; earnestness. --Hooker.
  
              Winged with fervor of her love.       --Shak.
  
     Syn: Fervor, Ardor.
  
     Usage: Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat.
            Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its
            derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions
            under the image of ebullition, or as pouring
            themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of
            passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity,
            fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is
            used when we think of anything as springing from a
            deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent
            zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the
            fight.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fervor
       n 1: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great
            ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervour, fervency, fire,
             fervidness]
       2: the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his
          face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled";
          "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme
          inflammation" [syn: excitement, excitation, inflammation,
           fervour]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ΗΠΑ) ζέση, θέρμη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Latin n.
     1 boiling heat
     2 fermenting
     3 ardour, passion, fury
     4 intoxication
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm fervour)
     Occitan n.
     (l en fervor)
     Spanish n.
     (l en fervor)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     n.
     1 (lb en American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion,
  ardor.
     2 (lb en American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
     3 (lb en American spelling) heat.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Latin n.
     1 boiling heat
     2 fermenting
     3 ardour, passion, fury
     4 intoxication
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm fervour)
     Portuguese n.
     fervour (gloss: passionate enthusiasm)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Latin n.
     1 boiling heat
     2 fermenting
     3 ardour, passion, fury
     4 intoxication
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm fervour)
     Portuguese n.
     fervour (gloss: passionate enthusiasm)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Espanja n.
     uskollinen kiihko

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fervor
     Engelska n.
     glöd, passion (både värme och känslor)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fervor /fˈɜːvə/
  التأجّج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  fervor //ˈfɝvɚ// 
  1. жега, зной
  heat
  2. плам, страст
  intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
  3. разпаленост
  passionate enthusiasm for some cause

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/ 
  vroucnost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
   [Am.] Glut  [übtr.]
     Synonym: fervour
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
   [Am.] Inbrunst , Leidenschaft 
     Synonym: fervour
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
   [eAm.] Eifer 
     Synonym: fervour
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fervor //ˈfɝvɚ// 
  palo 2.
  intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor
   3.
  passionate enthusiasm for some cause

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  fervor /fəːvər/
  ferveur, zèle

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
  1. forróság
  2. buzgalom
  3. szenvedély

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
  ardore, zelo

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  fervor //ˈfɝvɚ// 
  情熱, 熱情
  intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  fervor //ˈfɝvɚ// 
  brennende iver
  intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  fervour, fervor /ˈfɜ:və/ 
    żarliwość, namiętność

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  fervor /fəːvər/
  ardor, fervor, zelo

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  fervor /fəːvər/
  celo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  fervor //ˈfɝvɚ// 
  nit
  passionate enthusiasm for some cause

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fervor /fˈɜːvə/
  1. şiddetli arzu, iştiyak, şevk, gayret.

From Portuguese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-deu ]

  fervor /feɾəvˈor/
  Eifer, Inbrunst

From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-eng ]

  fervor /feɾəvˈer/
  fervor, fervour, zeal

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  fervor /feɾβˈoɾ/
  fervor  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɝvɝ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/feɾβoɾ/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/feɾβoɾ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "fervor":
     Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, abandon, admiration,
     adoration, affection, agape, anger, animation, application,
     ardency, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attachment, bodily love,
     brotherly love, calenture, caritas, charity, commitment,
     committedness, concentration, conjugal love, dedication, desire,
     devotedness, devotion, devoutness, diligence, eagerness,
     earnestness, ebullience, ecstasy, energeticalness, energy,
     enthusiasm, excitement, faith, faithful love, faithfulness, fancy,
     fervency, fervidity, fervidness, fidelity, fieriness, fire, flame,
     fondness, free love, free-lovism, furor, fury, glow, gusto, heart,
     heartiness, heat, heatedness, hero worship, hurrah, idolatry,
     idolism, idolization, impassionedness, indefatigability,
     industriousness, industry, intensity, intentness, laboriousness,
     lasciviousness, libido, like, liking, liveliness, love, lovemaking,
     loyalty, married love, passion, passionateness, physical love,
     piety, piousness, popular regard, popularity, regard,
     relentlessness, relish, resolution, savor, sedulity, sedulousness,
     sentiment, seriousness, sex, sexual desire, sexual love, shine,
     sincerity, solemnity, soul, spirit, spiritual love, strenuousness,
     tender feeling, tender passion, tirelessness, truelove,
     unsparingness, uxoriousness, vehemence, verve, warmth,
     warmth of feeling, weakness, wholeheartedness, worship, yearning,
     zeal, zealousness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 热情,热心,炽热;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 热情,热心,炽热

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