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.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fiebre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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