nerveux

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, a borrowing from Latin nervōsus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɛʁ.vø/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Adjective

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nerveux (feminine nerveuse, masculine plural nerveux, feminine plural nerveuses)

  1. (relational) nerve; nervous
    maladie nerveuse
    nerve disease
  2. nervous (typified by nervousness)
    elle était bien nerveuse
    she was very nervous

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: nervøs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nervøs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nervøs

Further reading

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