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Inherited from Latin febrem (fever).

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febre f (plural febres)

  1. (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
  2. (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

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febre c

  1. indefinite plural of feber

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From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin febris, febrem (fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

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febre f (plural febres)

  1. (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
    Synonym: fogaxe
  2. (figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)

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  • febre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • febre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • febre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • febre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • febre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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febre (plural febres)

  1. fever (raised body temperature)

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febre

  1. ablative singular of febris

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From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever, from Latin febris (fever), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

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  • Hyphenation: fe‧bre

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febre f (plural febres)

  1. (medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)
    O doutor disse que o rapaz está com febre.
    The doctor said the boy has a fever.
  2. (figuratively) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
    Esse estilo musical está se tornando uma febre.
    This musical style is becoming a craze.

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febre f

  1. inflection of febră:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular