Standard Lemma guide

febrile

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfiːbɹaɪl/
  • /ˈfɛbɹaɪl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flushed, hot

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Involving fever as a symptom or cause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Full of nervous energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: energetic, excited

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characterized by fever

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a febrile reaction caused by an allergen

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feverish

Antonyms: afebrile

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrīlis, from Latin febris (“fever”). By surface analysis, Latin febr- + -ile.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: трескав (treskav) — feverish
  • Catalan: febril — feverish
  • Czech: horečnatý — feverish
  • Danish: febersyg — feverish
  • Danish: febril — feverish
  • Dutch: koortsig — feverish
  • Dutch: koortsachtig — feverish
  • Finnish: kuumeinen — feverish
  • Finnish: febriili — feverish
  • French: fébrile — feverish
  • German: febril — feverish
  • German: fieberig — feverish
  • German: fiebrig — feverish
  • German: fieberhaft — feverish
  • German: fiebernd — feverish
  • German: Fieber- — feverish
  • Hungarian: lázas — feverish
  • Ido: febrala — feverish
  • Ido: febratra — feverish
  • Ido: febroza — feverish
  • Japanese: 熱の(ある) — feverish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: febril — feverish
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: febril — feverish
  • Portuguese: febril — feverish
  • Romanian: febril — feverish
  • Russian: лихора́дочный (lixorádočnyj) — feverish
  • Spanish: febril — feverish
  • Turkish: hummalı — feverish
  • Ottoman Turkish: حرارتلو (hararetli) — feverish
  • Hungarian: lázas — involving fever as a symptom or cause
  • Spanish: afiebrado — involving fever as a symptom or cause
  • Turkish: hummalı — involving fever as a symptom or cause
  • Ottoman Turkish: حرارتلو (hararetli) — involving fever as a symptom or cause
  • Catalan: febril — full of nervous energy
  • Czech: horečnatý — full of nervous energy
  • Danish: febril — full of nervous energy
  • Dutch: koortsachtig — full of nervous energy
  • French: fébrile — full of nervous energy
  • German: fieberig — full of nervous energy
  • German: fiebrig — full of nervous energy
  • German: fieberhaft — full of nervous energy
  • German: fiebernd — full of nervous energy
  • Hungarian: lázas — full of nervous energy
  • Russian: лихора́дочный (lixorádočnyj) — full of nervous energy
  • Spanish: nervioso — full of nervous energy
  • Turkish: hummalı — full of nervous energy