# febril
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fəˈβɾil]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fəˈbɾil]
* IPA: (Valencia) [feˈbɾil]

### Adjective

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febrils)
* febrile, feverish

#### Derived terms

* febrilment

#### Related terms

* febre

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

### Adjective

febril
* febrile (feverish)

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

#### Related terms

* feber
* febrilsk

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈbʁiːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

febril (strong nominative masculine singular febriler, not comparable)
* febrile

#### Declension
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

### Adjective

febril (masculine and feminine febril, neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)
* febrile, feverish

#### Derived terms

* febrilsk

### References

* “febril” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “febril” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

### Adjective

febril (neuter febrilt, definite singular and plural febrile)
* febrile, feverish

#### Derived terms

* febrilsk

### References

* “febril” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris. By surface analysis, febre +‎ -il.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈbɾiw/ [feˈbɾiʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈbɾil/ [fɨˈβɾiɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈbɾil/ [fɨˈβɾiɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈbɾi.li/ [fɨˈβɾi.li]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
* Hyphenation: fe‧bril

### Adjective

febril m or f (plural febris)
* febrile; feverish

#### Derived terms

* febrilmente

#### Related terms

* febre

### Further reading

* “febril”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French fébrile, from Latin febrilis.

### Adjective

febril m or n (feminine singular febrilă, masculine plural febrili, feminine and neuter plural febrile)
* febrile

#### Related terms

* febrilitate

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin febrilis, from Latin febris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈbɾil/ [feˈβ̞ɾil]
* Rhymes: -il
* Syllabification: fe‧bril

### Adjective

febril m or f (masculine and feminine plural febriles)
* febrile, feverish
* hectic
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 197:Púsose el Diablo a la obra con febril actividad.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* antifebril
* febrilmente

#### Related terms

* fiebre

### Further reading

* “febril”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

febril (not (comparable))
* feverish, frantic (intense and busy)
    Vi arbetar febrilt för att lösa problemenWe are working feverishly to solve the problems
    Det råder febril aktivitet på fabriksgolvetThere is frantic activity on the factory floor / the factory floor is bustling with activity
* (medicine) febrile

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* febril in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* febril in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* febril in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)