furia

See also: Furia, fúria, and furią

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furia. Doublet of foia, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: fù‧ria

Noun

furia f (plural furie)

1. fury, anger, rage

   Synonyms: rabbia, ira

2. hurry, rush

   Synonym: fretta

3. rampage
4. fury (angry or furious person, like the Furies of Roman mythology)

Related terms

• Furia
• furibondo
• furioso
• furore
• in fretta e furia
• infuriare
• a furia di

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From furō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ri.a/, [ˈfʊriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ri.a/, [ˈfuːriä]

Noun

furia f (genitive furiae); first declension

1. rage, fury, frenzy

   Synonyms: īra, indignātiō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.376:

     “Heu furiīs incēnsā feror!”

     “Alas, inflamed by furies, am I raging!”
     (Translations vary: Dido has multiple grievances against Aeneas, and Dido’s passion may be inflamed by the goddesses of vengeance.)

2. the Furies, or Erinyes, mythological goddesses of vengeance

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	furia	furiae
genitive	furiae	furiārum
dative	furiae	furiīs
accusative	furiam	furiās
ablative	furiā	furiīs
vocative	furia	furiae

Derived terms

• Furiae
• furiālis
• furiō
• furiōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: fúria
• English: fury
• French: furie
• Galician: furia
• German: Furie
• Greek: φούρια (foúria)
• Ido: furio
• Italian: foia, furia
• Piedmontese: furia
• Portuguese: fúria
• Romanian: furie
• Russian: фу́рия (fúrija)
• Sicilian: furia
• Spanish: furia

References

• “furia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “furia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• furia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• furia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be tormented by remorse: (mens scelerum furiis agitatur)
    
  • the Furies harass and torment some one: Furiae agitant et vexant aliquem
    

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyrja/

Noun

furia f (plural furie)

1. fury

Related terms

• furibond
• furios

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin furia. Doublet of burza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.rja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -urja
• Syllabification: fu‧ria

Noun

furia f

1. fury, rage

   Synonyms: biała gorączka, gniew, wściekłość

Declension

Declension of furia

	singular	plural
nominative	furia	furie
genitive	furii	furii/furyj (archaic)
dative	furii	furiom
accusative	furię	furie
instrumental	furią	furiami
locative	furii	furiach
vocative	furio	furie

Further reading

• furia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• furia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfuri.a]

Noun

furia f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of furie

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɾja/ [ˈfu.ɾja]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: fu‧ria

Noun

furia f (plural furias)

1. fury
2. rage

   Synonym: rabia

3. (mythology) Fury

Related terms

• furioso

 

Further reading

• “furia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10