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. — deniko

    ruКажется, у меня жар. — afyodor

    deIch scheine Fieber zu haben. — internet

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  2. I had a very high fever.

    У мене була дуже висока температура. — deniko

    ruУ меня была очень высокая температура. — odexed

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  3. I think you have a fever.

    Мені здається, у тебе температура. — deniko

    ruЯ думаю, что у тебя жар. — Olya

    deIch glaube, du hast Fieber. — Roujin

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  4. I caught a cold, and I have a fever.

    В мене нежить і висока температура. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ простудился, и у меня температура. — marafon

    deIch habe mich erkältet und habe Fieber. — Esperantostern

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  5. As soon as he took the medicine, his fever went down.

    Щойно він прийняв ліки, як жар почав спадати. — ChickenKiev

    deSobald er die Medizin genommen hatte, senkte sich sein Fieber. — Tamy

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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
state of excitement:excitementB1passionB1excitation
Close in meaning

Word family

71 related words
Relatedfever blisterfever bushfever grassfever pitchfever powderfever treefebrileferventfervidfervorhyperthermiafeverous
Derivedantifeverbrain feverbrain-fever birdbuck fevercamp fevercedar feverdrain feverenfeverfever clinicfever coatfever dreamfeveredfeveretfever fogfeverishfeverlessfeverlikefever-pitchedfever-riddenfeverrootfeversomefever-swampfever teafever trap

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

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
feudfeudalfeudalismfeverishfewA2fewer
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