# fervent
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈfɝ.vənt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɜː.vənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: fer‧vent
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vənt

### Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)
* Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
** 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, chapter 3, in Mathilda:As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.
** 2022 June 2, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, “Biden makes fervent plea for stricter gun laws: ‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’”, in CNN‎:President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws – including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase – as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on Capitol Hill about how to prevent them.
* Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.
** 1876, Wilkie Collins, “Mr. Captain and the Nymph,”, in Little Novels:Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!
* Glowing, burning, very hot.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Peter 3:10:But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

#### Derived terms

* fervently
* ferventness
* superfervent
* unfervent

#### Related terms

* fever
* ferment
* fervid
* fervor

#### Translations

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### Further reading

* “fervent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fervent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “fervent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferventem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fərˈben]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fərˈvent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [feɾˈvent]

### Adjective

fervent m or f (masculine and feminine plural fervents)
* fervent
    Synonym: fervorós

#### Derived terms

* ferventment

#### Related terms

* fervor

### Further reading

* “fervent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fervent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fervent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fervent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin ferventem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛʁ.vɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: fervents

### Adjective

fervent (feminine fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)
* fervent

#### Derived terms

* fervemment

### Further reading

* “fervent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Verb

fervent
* third-person plural present active indicative of ferveō

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* farvent, ferfent, fervein, fervente, ffervent, vervent

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fervent, from Latin fervēns, ferventem; compare fervour.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛrˈvɛnt/, /ˈfɛrvɛnt/

### Adjective

fervent
* fervent (very hot)
* (by extension) tempestuous, fierce
* fervent (ardent, enthusiastic)
* (pathology) inflamed, feverous

#### Derived terms

* fervently
* ferventnesse

#### Descendants

* English: fervent
* Scots: fervent

#### References

* “fervent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fervent, from Latin fervens.

### Adjective

fervent m or n (feminine singular ferventă, masculine plural fervenți, feminine and neuter plural fervente)
* fervent