febre

Catalan

Alternative forms

• febra (Valencia)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin febrem (“fever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfe.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfe.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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

• enfebrar
• febre tifoide
• febrós

Related terms

• febricitant
• febrícula
• febril

Further reading

• “febre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “febre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “febre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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): /ˈfɛbɾe/ [ˈfɛ.β̞ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛbɾe
• Hyphenation: fe‧bre

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)

Related terms

• febril

 

Further reading

• “febre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “febre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “febre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “febre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “febre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “febre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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/

• (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

• febre aftosa
• febre amarela
• febre de feno
• febre de Malta
• febre de Oroya
• febre do Mediterrâneo
• febre faringoconjuntival
• febre maculosa
• febre miliar
• febre ondulante
• febre palustre
• febre puerperal
• febre Q
• febre reumática
• febre tifoide
• febrento
• febrezinha (diminutive)
• febrinha (diminutive)
• febrona (augmentative)

 

Related terms

• febril

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfebre]

Noun

febre f

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