fiebre

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

fiebre

1. inflection of fiebern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fiebre, hiebre, probably a semi-learned descendant of Latin febrem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, warm”). This term was used primarily by doctors and educated people in the past, and did not undergo all the expected sound changes of an inherited term; compare the more popular term calentura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjebɾe/ [ˈfje.β̞ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -ebɾe
• Syllabification: fie‧bre

Noun

fiebre f (plural fiebres)

1. fever

   Synonym: calentura

Derived terms

• afiebrar
• fiebre aftosa
• fiebre amarilla
• fiebre de Malta
• fiebre del heno
• fiebre del oro
• fiebre reumática
• fiebre tifoidea

 

Related terms

• febril

 

Further reading

• “fiebre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014