fièvre de lait

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjɛ.vʁə d(ə) lɛ/ ~ /fje.vʁə d(ə) lɛ/
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Noun

fièvre de lait f (uncountable)

  1. milk fever
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 2:
      Sa mère était morte d’une fièvre de lait mal soignée.
      His mother had died of a mistreated milk fever.