🇫🇷 French

fièvres

feminine

les fièvres

fevers

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fièvres
/le fjɛvʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say fièvres in French?

IPA
/le fjɛvʁ/

How do you pronounce fièvres in French?

fièvres is pronounced /le fjɛvʁ/ in French.

Example sentences

La fièvre jaune est une maladie dangereuse transmise par les moustiques.

Yellow fever is a dangerous disease transmitted by mosquitoes.

Sa fièvre était très élevée, et le médecin s'inquiétait de son état.

His fever was very high, and the doctor was worried about his condition.

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Why is it feminine?

Fièvres is feminine because it derives from Latin "febris," which was a feminine noun in Latin, and French inherited this grammatical gender along with the word. This inheritance of Latin grammatical gender is the primary reason most French nouns maintain their original gender from their Latin roots.

What is the French word for fevers?

The French word for fevers is les fièvres — feminine.

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