febril

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

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Adjective[edit]

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febrils)

  1. febrile, feverish

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Adjective[edit]

febril

  1. febrile (feverish)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of febril
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /feˈbʁiːl/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

febril (strong nominative masculine singular febriler, not comparable)

  1. febrile

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. febrile, feverish

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective[edit]

febril (neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)

  1. febrile, feverish

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

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

Adjective[edit]

febril m or f (plural febris)

  1. febrile; feverish

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. febrile

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febriles)

  1. febrile, feverish
  2. hectic

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Inflection of febril
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular febril
Neuter singular febrilt
Plural febrila
Masculine plural3 febrile
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 febrile
All febrila
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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