fever
A higher than normal body temperature of a person, usually caused by diseaseA higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
» I seem to have a fever.
Ich scheine Fieber zu haben.
Кажется, у меня жар.
У меня, похоже, температура.
У мене, здається, температура.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
Fieber, Temperaturerhöhung
температу́раtemperatúra, лихора́дкаlixorádka, горя́чкаgorjáčka
гаря́чкаharjáčka, лихома́нкаlyxománka, температу́раtemperatúra
(countable, in compounds, uncountable, usually)Any of various diseases.
scarlet fever
лихора́дкаlixorádka, горя́чкаgorjáčka
лихома́нкаlyxománka, пропа́сницяpropásnycja
(countable, uncountable)A state of excitement or anxiety.
жарžar, лихора́дкаlixorádka, горя́чкаgorjáčka
лихома́нкаlyxománka
a state of nervous excitement
(collective, countable, neologism)A group of stingrays.
(countable, derogatory, in compounds, often, slang, uncountable)Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people.
Asian fever
clown fever
Examples
374 sentencesI seem to have a fever.
У мене, здається, температура.
ruКажется, у меня жар.
deIch scheine Fieber zu haben.
I had a very high fever.
У мене була дуже висока температура.
ruУ меня была очень высокая температура.
I think you have a fever.
Мені здається, у тебе температура.
ruЯ думаю, что у тебя жар.
deIch glaube, du hast Fieber.
I caught a cold, and I have a fever.
В мене нежить і висока температура.
ruЯ простудился, и у меня температура.
deIch habe mich erkältet und habe Fieber.
As soon as he took the medicine, his fever went down.
Щойно він прийняв ліки, як жар почав спадати.
deSobald er die Medizin genommen hatte, senkte sich sein Fieber.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old FrenchFrom Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
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Forms
plural: feversSynonyms
9 synonyms- a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection:febrilityfebricitypyrexiafeverishness
Word family
74 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- have a fever
- hay fever
- a slight fever
- a high fever
- high fever
- a fever so
- has hay fever
- slight fever
- fever this morning
- very high fever
- a little fever
- little fever