fievre

See also: fièvre

Middle French

Alternative forms

• fiebvre

Etymology

From Old French fievre, from Latin febris.

Noun

fievre f (plural fievres)

1. fever

Descendants

• French: fièvre

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin febris.

Noun

fievre oblique singular, f (oblique plural fievres, nominative singular fievre, nominative plural fievres)

1. fever

Descendants

• Middle French: fievre, fiebvre
  • French: fièvre
• Norman: fièvre
• Walloon: five
• → Irish: fiabhras
• → Middle English: fever, fefer, feofer, fovre, fevre, fiever, fiver (with Old English fefor)
  • English: fever
  • Scots: fiver
• → Scottish Gaelic: fiabhras