fiévreux
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fiévreux (feminine fiévreuse, masculine plural fiévreux, feminine plural fiévreuses)
- feverish, running a high body temperature
- causing fever
- (figuratively) hot-tempered, agitated
- Synonym: fébrile
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
fiévreux m (plural fiévreux)
- a fever-sufferer, notably a feverish patient
- (figuratively) a hothead, feverishly agitated person
Further reading edit
- “fiévreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.