"febrile" meaning in English

See febrile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfiːbɹaɪl/, /ˈfɛbɹaɪl/ Audio: en-us-febrile.ogg Forms: more febrile [comparative], most febrile [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrīlis, from Latin febris (“fever”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la-med|febrīlis}} Medieval Latin febrīlis, {{der|en|la|febris||fever}} Latin febris (“fever”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} febrile (comparative more febrile, superlative most febrile)
  1. Feverish, or having a high temperature. Synonyms: flushed, hot Translations (feverish): трескав (treskav) (Bulgarian), febril (Catalan), horečnatý (Czech), febersyg (Danish), febril (Danish), koortsig (Dutch), koortsachtig (Dutch), kuumeinen (Finnish), febriili (Finnish), fébrile (French), febril (German), fieberig (German), fiebrig (German), fieberhaft (German), fiebernd (German), Fieber- (German), lázas (Hungarian), febrala (Ido), febratra (Ido), febroza (Ido), 熱の(ある) (alt: ねつの(ある), netsu no (aru)) (Japanese), febril (Norwegian Bokmål), febril (Norwegian Nynorsk), حرارتلو (hararetli) (Ottoman Turkish), febril (Portuguese), febril (Romanian), febril (Spanish)
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  2. (medicine) Involving fever as a symptom or cause. Translations (involving fever as a symptom or cause): lázas (Hungarian), حرارتلو (hararetli) (Ottoman Turkish), afiebrado (Spanish)
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  3. (figurative) Full of nervous energy. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: energetic, excited Translations (full of nervous energy): febril (Catalan), horečnatý (Czech), febril (Danish), koortsachtig (Dutch), fébrile (French), fieberig (German), fiebrig (German), fieberhaft (German), fiebernd (German), lázas (Hungarian), лихора́дочный (lixorádočnyj) [masculine, plural] (Russian), nervioso (Spanish)
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Alternative forms

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