fever

fièvre

Température du corps supérieure à la normale, généralement à cause d’une maladie.

En anglais simple : A body temperature higher than normal, usually because you are ill.

• The baby has a fever.
• Her fever went down during the night.
• Have you checked his temperature for a fever?

Synonymes : high temperature

Expressions courantes : have a fever, high fever, reduce a fever

fièvre

Maladie qui provoque de la fièvre ; «fever» fait souvent partie de son nom.

En anglais simple : An illness that causes a high body temperature, often used as part of its name.

• He caught scarlet fever at school.
• Mosquitoes can spread yellow fever.
• Several cases of dengue fever were reported this week.

Expressions courantes : scarlet fever, yellow fever, dengue fever

donner la fièvre

Rendre quelqu’un malade en provoquant une hausse de sa température corporelle.

En anglais simple : To make someone ill with a high body temperature.

• The illness fevered his body.
• Infection had fevered her blood for days.
• The disease fevered him, leaving his skin hot and dry.

Expressions courantes : fever the blood, fever the body