What does fièvre in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word fièvre in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fièvre in French.

The word fièvre in French means temperature, high temperature, heat, sudden high fever, run a temperature, have a temperature, bout of fever, burst of temper, burst of anger, cold sore, shopping spree, spending spree, foot-and-mouth disease, raging fever, gold fever, yellow fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever, typhoid, visceral leishmaniasis, spike of fever, heightened fever. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fièvre

temperature, high temperature

nom féminin (haute température corporelle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les antipyrétiques font baisser la fièvre.
Antipyretics bring down a fever.

heat

nom féminin (figuré (grand enthousiasme) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans la fièvre de leur victoire, ces sportifs ont oublié leur médaille.
In the excitement of their victory, the athletes forgot their medals.

sudden high fever

nom masculin (fièvre subite)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
She came down with a sudden high fever last night.

run a temperature, have a temperature

locution verbale (être fiévreux)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

bout of fever

nom féminin (trouble physiologique) (high temperature)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le malade a régulièrement des bouffées de fièvre.

burst of temper, burst of anger

nom féminin (figuré (manifestation de colère) (mood)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le voilà à nouveau en colère, encore une bouffée de fièvre !

cold sore

nom masculin (manifestation herpétique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

shopping spree, spending spree

nom féminin (familier (impulsion d'achat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La jeune femme avait toujours un fièvre acheteuse au moment des soldes.

foot-and-mouth disease

nom féminin (maladie animale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fièvre aphteuse décima les troupeaux ovins.

raging fever

nom féminin (fièvre très forte)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

gold fever

nom féminin (la recherche de l'or, de la richesse) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow fever

nom féminin (maladie virale aiguë)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

nom féminin (maladie bactérienne (rickettsiose)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Q fever

nom féminin (maladie bactérienne (coxiellose)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

typhoid

nom féminin (maladie infectieuse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fièvre typhoïde touche des populations précaires.

visceral leishmaniasis

nom féminin (maladie grave) (infectious disease)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

spike of fever, heightened fever

nom féminin (brusque augmentation de température)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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