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febril

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febrils)

  1. febrile, feverish

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Adjective

febril

  1. febrile (feverish)

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...

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)

  1. febrile

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective

febril (masculine and feminine febril, neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)

  1. febrile, feverish

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective

febril (neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)

  1. febrile, feverish

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris. By surface analysis, febre + -il.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨˈbɾil/ [fɨˈβɾiɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨˈbɾi.li/ [fɨˈβɾi.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: fe‧bril

Adjective

febril m or f (plural febris)

  1. febrile; feverish

Derived terms

Further reading

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective

febril m or n (feminine singular febrilă, masculine plural febrili, feminine/neuter plural febrile)

  1. febrile

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈbɾil/ [feˈβ̞ɾil]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: fe‧bril

Adjective

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febriles)

  1. febrile, feverish
  2. 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)

Derived terms

Further reading

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Swedish

Adjective

febril (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. (medicine) febrile

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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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