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

Inflection of febril
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular febril 2
indefinite neuter singular febrilt 2
plural febrile 2
definite attributive1 febrile

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.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈbʁiːl/
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Adjective

febril (strong nominative masculine singular febriler, not comparable)

  1. febrile

Declension

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective

febril (neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)

  1. febrile, feverish

Derived terms

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

febril m or f (plural febris)

  1. febrile; feverish

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective

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

  1. febrile

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite febril febrilă febrili febrile
definite febrilul febrila febrilii febrilele
genitive-
dative
indefinite febril febrile febrili febrile
definite febrilului febrilei febrililor febrilelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈbɾil/
  • 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

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

Inflection of febril
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular febril
neuter singular febrilt
plural febrila
masculine plural2 febrile
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 febrile
all febrila

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.

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