furore

Borrowed from Italian furore, from Latin furor. Doublet of furor.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fjʊəˈɹɔːɹi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

furore (countable and uncountable, plural furores)

1. Alternative form of furor (“uproar, commotion, etc.”).
   • 2015 July 15, Thomas McMullan, “The world's first hack: the telegraph and the invention of privacy”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     “Despite the current furore over hacking, which is only a modern term for bugging, eavesdropping, signals intercept, listening-in, tapping, monitoring, there has never been guaranteed privacy since the earliest optical telegraphs to today’s internet,” Packer says. “There never was and never will be privacy.”

From Italian furore, from Latin furor (“frenzy, rage, madness”).

• IPA^(key): /furoːrə/, [fuˈʁoːɐ]

furore c (singular definite furoren, not used in plural form)

1. furore

From Latin furor.

• IPA^(key): /fuˈro.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: fu‧ró‧re

furore m (plural furori)

1. fury, violence
2. frenzy
3. excitement

• furia
• furoreggiare

• → English: furore
• → German: Furore

• furore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

furōre

1. ablative singular of furor