fervour

Other forms of fervour

plural

fervours·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fervour

What does fervour mean?

fervour means "the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fervour?

fervour has 2 syllables: fer-vour. The stress falls on "fer".

What is another word for fervour?

Close synonyms include excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, ardor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fervour a common word?

fervour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.