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febril
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febrils)
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.
Adjective
febril
- febrile (feverish)
Inflection
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
febril (strong nominative masculine singular febriler, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of febril (uncomparable)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
febril (masculine and feminine febril, neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
febril (neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)
Derived terms
References
- “febril” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris. By surface analysis, febre + -il.
Pronunciation
Adjective
febril m or f (plural febris)
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Further reading
- “febril”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “febril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
febril m or n (feminine singular febrilă, masculine plural febrili, feminine/neuter plural febrile)
Declension
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febriles)
- febrile, feverish
- hectic
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 197:
- Púsose el Diablo a la obra con febril actividad.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “febril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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Swedish
Adjective
febril (not comparable)
- feverish, frantic (intense and busy)
- Vi arbetar febrilt för att lösa problemen
- We are working feverishly to solve the problems
- Det råder febril aktivitet på fabriksgolvet
- There is frantic activity on the factory floor / the factory floor is bustling with activity
- (medicine) febrile
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
References
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