fever
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Noun (2)fevers
- a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infectionSynonyms: febrilityfebricitypyrexiafeverishnessType of symptomKinds hyperpyrexia
- a state of nervous excitement“in a fever of resentment”Type of excitement, excitationKinds gold fever, buck fever
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Translations
Noun higher than normal body temperature
- Spanish
- fiebre
- French
- fièvre
- German
- Fieber
- Italian
- febbre
- Portuguese
- febre
- Turkish
- ateş
- Russian
- лихора́дка lixorádka
- Arabic
- حُمَّى ḥummā
- Chinese
- 发烧 fāshāo
- Japanese
- 熱 netsu
35 more languages
- Dutch
- koorts
- Polish
- gorączka
- Swedish
- feber
- Greek
- πυρετός pyretós
- Korean
- 열 yeol
- Indonesian
- demam
- Vietnamese
- sốt
- Hungarian
- láz
- Portuguese (PT)
- febre
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 發燒 fāshāo
- Albanian
- ethe
- Breton
- terzhienn
- Catalan
- febre
- Czech
- horečka
- Danish
- feber
- Esperanto
- febro
- Estonian
- palavik
- Finnish
- kuume
- Georgian
- სიცხე sicxe
- Hebrew
- חוֹם khom
- Icelandic
- hiti
- Kurdish
- ta
- Latvian
- drudzis
- Lithuanian
- karščiavimas
- Malagasy
- fanaviana
- Norwegian
- feber
- Romanian
- febră
- Scottish Gaelic
- fiabhras
- Serbo-Croatian
- groznica
- Slovak
- horúčka
- Slovenian
- vročina
- Swahili
- homa
- Walloon
- five
- Welsh
- twymyn
- Yiddish
- פֿיבער fiber
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fièvre. Cf. Febrile.
1. Medicine A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
☞ Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit.
2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation.— William Shakespeare
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well.— William Shakespeare
Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc. — Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. — Fever blister Medicine, a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. — Fever bush Botany, the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. — Fever powder. Same as Jame's powder. — Fever root Botany, an American herb of the genus Triosteum (Triosteum perfoliatum); — called also feverwort and horse gentian. — Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. Thomas Miner
To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. rare
The white hand of a lady fever thee.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54