ferveur
French, noun/fɛʁ.vœʁ/
ferveur is spelled F-E-R-V-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferveur is a French feminine noun meaning “ardour, zeal, fervor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ardeur, zèle, sentiment vif et affectueux avec lequel on se porte aux choses de piété, de charité, etc”.
What does ferveur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineardour, zeal, fervor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ardeur, zèle, sentiment vif et affectueux avec lequel on se porte aux choses de piété, de charité, etc. 2. Mode littéraire, philosophique, artistique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ferveur
- ferveurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferveur?
- /fɛʁ.vœʁ/
- \fɛʁ.vœʁ\
- [la fɛʁ.vœʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferveur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferveur in French?
ferveur appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).