Meaning

5 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, in compounds, uncountable, usually)Any of various diseases.

    scarlet fever

    лихора́дкаlixorádka, горя́чкаgorjáčka

    лихома́нкаlyxománka, пропа́сницяpropásnycja

  3. (countable, uncountable)A state of excitement or anxiety.

    жарžar, лихора́дкаlixorádka, горя́чкаgorjáčka

    лихома́нкаlyxománka

    a state of nervous excitement

  4. (collective, countable, neologism)A group of stingrays.

  5. (countable, derogatory, in compounds, often, slang, uncountable)Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people.

    Asian fever

    clown fever

Examples

374 sentences
  1. I seem to have a fever.

    У мене, здається, температура.

    ruКажется, у меня жар.

    deIch scheine Fieber zu haben.

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  2. I had a very high fever.

    У мене була дуже висока температура.

    ruУ меня была очень высокая температура.

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  3. I think you have a fever.

    Мені здається, у тебе температура.

    ruЯ думаю, что у тебя жар.

    deIch glaube, du hast Fieber.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
higher than normal body temperature:
usually in combination: any of various diseases:
Русский
By meaning 1
higher than normal body temperature:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
higher than normal body temperature:

Origin

From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French

From 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: fevers
Singularfever
Pluralfevers

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
higher than normal body temperature:temperatureA2pyrexiahigh temperature
Close in meaning

Word family

74 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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