febre

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin febrem (fever).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈfe.βɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈfe.bɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈfe.bɾe]
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Noun

febre f (plural febres)

  1. (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
  2. (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

Derived terms

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfeˀb̥ʁɐ]

Noun

febre c

  1. indefinite plural of feber

Galician

Alternative forms

  • frebe

Etymology

From Old Galician-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)

  1. (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
    Synonym: fogaxe
  2. (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

Further reading

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)

  1. fever (raised body temperature)

Latin

Noun

febre

  1. ablative singular of febris

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-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.bɾɨ/ [ˈfɛ.βɾɨ]

  • Hyphenation: fe‧bre

Noun

febre f (plural febres)

  1. (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.
  2. (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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfebre]

Noun

febre f

  1. inflection of febră:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular
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