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febră

fever /ˈfe.brə/

noun#2798 most common

Also: high temperature, (figurative) craze, mania

Example sentences

Copilul are febră.
The child has a fever.
Am febră și mă doare capul.
I have a fever and my head hurts.
Trebuie să iau ceva pentru febră.
I need to take something for the fever.
Febra i-a scăzut după ce a luat medicamentul.
Her fever went down after she took the medicine.
Medicul a spus că febra este semnul unei infecții.
The doctor said the fever is the sign of an infection.
Febra aurului a atras mii de oameni spre vest în secolul al XIX-lea.
Gold fever drew thousands of people west in the nineteenth century.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativefebrăfebre
Genitivefebreifebrelor
Accusativefebrăfebre
Vocativefebrăfebre

Word family

febrilfeverish, frantic
febrilitatefeverishness, agitation
afebrilwithout fever
antifebrilfever-reducing, antipyretic

Etymology

Febră comes from Latin febris, meaning fever, inherited directly into Romanian as part of the core vocabulary. The word has stayed close to its Latin form and meaning for two thousand years. It also developed a figurative sense, describing a state of excited agitation, much like English uses fever for a craze.

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