furor
English
Alternative forms
- furore
- furour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English furour, from Middle French fureur, from Old French furor, from Latin furor, from furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɚ/, /ˈfjɝɚ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊərɔː/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹə(ɹ)
- Homophone: Führer
Noun
furor (countable and uncountable, plural furors)
- A general uproar or commotion.
- Violent anger or frenzy.
- A state of intense excitement.
- The story of the princess's affair caused a furor among journalists.
Derived terms
- furor uterinus
Related terms
- fury
Translations
uproar
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin furor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fuˈɾo/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/
Noun
furor m or f (plural furors)
- furor, frenzy
- (figurative) rage, craze
Derived terms
- fer furor
Related terms
- fúria
- furiós
Further reading
- “furor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “furor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “furor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Latin
Etymology 1
From fūr (“thief”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuː.ror/, [ˈfuːrɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfuːror]
Verb
fūror (present infinitive fūrārī, perfect active fūrātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I steal, plunder.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of fūror (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | fūror | fūrāris, fūrāre | fūrātur | fūrāmur | fūrāminī | fūrantur |
| imperfect | fūrābar | fūrābāris, fūrābāre | fūrābātur | fūrābāmur | fūrābāminī | fūrābantur | |
| future | fūrābor | fūrāberis, fūrābere | fūrābitur | fūrābimur | fūrābiminī | fūrābuntur | |
| perfect | fūrātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | fūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | fūrātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | fūrer | fūrēris, fūrēre | fūrētur | fūrēmur | fūrēminī | fūrentur |
| imperfect | fūrārer | fūrārēris, fūrārēre | fūrārētur | fūrārēmur | fūrārēminī | fūrārentur | |
| perfect | fūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | fūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | fūrāre | — | — | fūrāminī | — |
| future | — | fūrātor | fūrātor | — | — | fūrantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | fūrārī | fūrātum esse | fūrātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | fūrāns | fūrātus | fūrātūrus | — | — | fūrandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| fūrandī | fūrandō | fūrandum | fūrandō | fūrātum | fūrātū | ||
Derived terms
- fūrāx
Related terms
- fūr
- fūrtim
- furtum
- fūrtīvus
Descendants
- Aromanian: fur, furari
- Istro-Romanian: furå
- Italian: furare
- Romanian: fura, furare
- Sardinian: furai
Etymology 2
From furō (“I rage, I am out of my mind”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfʊrɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfu.ror/, [ˈfuːror]
Noun
furor m (genitive furōris); third declension
- a frenzy, rage, madness, fury
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | furor | furōrēs |
| Genitive | furōris | furōrum |
| Dative | furōrī | furōribus |
| Accusative | furōrem | furōrēs |
| Ablative | furōre | furōribus |
| Vocative | furor | furōrēs |
Related terms
- furō
Descendants
- → Catalan: furor
- → Old French: furor
- Middle French: fureur
- French: fureur
- → Middle English: furour, fourour
- English: furor (obsolete furour)
- Middle French: fureur
- → Galician: furor
- → Italian: furore
- → English: furore
- → German: Furore
- → Russian: фурор (furor)
- → Old Occitan: furor
- → Piedmontese: furor
- → Portuguese: furor
- → Sicilian: fururi
- → Spanish: furor
References
- “furor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
- to become furious: furore inflammari, incendi
- in a transport of rage: furore incensus, abreptus, impulsus
- to make some one furious: impellere aliquem in furorem
- “furor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin furōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoʁ/ [fuˈɾoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoʁ/ [fuˈɾoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: fu‧ror
Noun
furor m (plural furores)
- furor (general uproar or commotion)
- furor; frenzy (state of intense excitement)
- Synonyms: frenesi, azáfama
- fury (extreme anger)
- Synonyms: fúria, ira, cólera
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:furor.
Further reading
- “furor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin furor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈɾoɾ/ [fuˈɾoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: fu‧ror
Noun
furor m (plural furores)
- fury, rage
- frenzy
Further reading
- “furor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
furor
- indefinite plural of fura.