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fièvre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ague noun An acute fever.
  • fever noun A body temperature higher than normal, usually caused by illness.
  • temperature noun A measurement of how hot or cold something is.

Senses

fièvre is used for these senses in English:

  • ague (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  • temperature An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

ague — full definition

  1. noun An acute fever.
  2. noun An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
  3. noun The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
  4. noun A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.

fever — full definition

  1. noun A body temperature higher than normal, usually caused by illness.
  2. noun A state of intense excitement or agitation.

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