febre
Catalan
Alternative forms
- (Valencian) febra
Etymology
From Latin febris, febrem (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfe.bɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfe.bɾe/
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Noun
febre f (plural febres)
- (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
- (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
Derived terms
- febre tifoide
Related terms
- febrícula
- febril
Further reading
- “febre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfeˀb̥ʁɐ]
Noun
febre c
- indefinite plural of feber
Galician
Alternative forms
- frebe
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese febre, fever (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin febris, febrem (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛβɾɪ]
Noun
febre f (plural febres)
- (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
- Synonym: fogaxe
- (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
Related terms
- febril
Further reading
- “febre” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
References
- “febre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “febre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “febre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “febre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “febre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Noun
febre (plural febres)
- fever (raised body temperature)
Latin
Noun
febre
- ablative singular of febris
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese febre, fever, from Latin febris (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.bɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.bɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.bɾ(ɨ)/ [ˈfɛ.βɾ(ɨ)]
- Hyphenation: fe‧bre
Noun
febre f (plural febres)
- (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
- O doutor disse que o rapaz está com febre.
- The doctor said the boy has a fever.
- (figuratively) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
- Esse estilo musical está se tornando uma febre.
- This musical style is becoming a craze.
Derived terms
- febre aftosa
- febre amarela
- febre de feno
- febre de Malta
- febre de Oroya
- febre do Mediterrâneo
- febre faringoconjuntival
- febre maculosa
- febre miliar
- febrento
- febre ondulante
- febre palustre
- febre puerperal
- febre Q
- febre reumática
- febre tifoide
- febrezinha (diminutive)
- febrinha (diminutive)
- febrona (augmentative)
Related terms
- febril
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfebre]
Noun
febre f
- inflection of febră:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular