“Fever” is a common term in medical and everyday language, referring to an elevated body temperature often indicating illness or infection. Understanding how to say “fever” in various languages can be practical, especially for travelers or healthcare professionals working in diverse settings. Here’s how to say “fever” in 70 different languages, highlighted with bolded country names and emojis for easy reference.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Ethet | Pronunciation: Eh-thet
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – حمى (Humma) | Pronunciation: Hoom-ma
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ջերմություն (Jermut’yun) | Pronunciation: Jer-moo-tyoon
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qızdırma | Pronunciation: Giz-dir-ma
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Sukarra | Pronunciation: Sue-kar-ra
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Ліхаманка (Likhomanka) | Pronunciation: Lee-kha-man-ka
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জ্বর (Jor) | Pronunciation: Jwor
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Groznica | Pronunciation: Groz-nee-tsa
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Треска (Treska) | Pronunciation: Tres-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Febre | Pronunciation: Fe-breh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Horečka | Pronunciation: Ho-retch-ka
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Feber | Pronunciation: Fee-ber
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Koorts | Pronunciation: Koorts
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Fever | Pronunciation: Fee-ver
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Palavik | Pronunciation: Pa-la-vik
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تب (Tab) | Pronunciation: Tahb
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kuume | Pronunciation: Koo-meh
- French (🇫🇷) – Fièvre | Pronunciation: Fee-evr
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ცხელება (Tskheleba) | Pronunciation: Tsk-he-le-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Fieber | Pronunciation: Fee-ber
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Πυρετός (Pyretós) | Pronunciation: Pee-reh-tos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חום (Chom) | Pronunciation: Khom
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बुखार (Bukhar) | Pronunciation: Boo-khar
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Láz | Pronunciation: Laaz
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hiti | Pronunciation: Hee-tee
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Demam | Pronunciation: De-mam
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Fiabhras | Pronunciation: Fee-vras
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Febbre | Pronunciation: Feb-breh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 熱 (Netsu) | Pronunciation: Neh-tsu
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жарық (Zharyq) | Pronunciation: Zha-ryk
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កម្ដៅខ្លួន (Kamdao Khluon) | Pronunciation: Kam-dao Khlu-on
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 열 (Yeol) | Pronunciation: Yawl
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Tif | Pronunciation: Teef
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жарык (Zharyk) | Pronunciation: Zha-ryk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ອຸທານ (Uthan) | Pronunciation: Oo-tahn
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Drudzis | Pronunciation: Droo-dzis
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Karščiavimas | Pronunciation: Kar-shchi-ah-vee-mas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Féiwer | Pronunciation: Fay-ver
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Температура (Temperatura) | Pronunciation: Tem-pe-ra-too-ra
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Demam | Pronunciation: De-mam
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Deni | Pronunciation: De-nee
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 发烧 (Fāshāo) | Pronunciation: Fah-shao
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – ताप (Taap) | Pronunciation: Taap
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Халуурал (Khaluural) | Pronunciation: Ha-loo-ral
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – ज्वरो (Jwaro) | Pronunciation: Jwa-ro
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Feber | Pronunciation: Fee-ber
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – تبه (Taba) | Pronunciation: Tah-bah
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تب (Tab) | Pronunciation: Tahb
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Gorączka | Pronunciation: Go-ran-chka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Febre | Pronunciation: Feb-reh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Febră | Pronunciation: Feb-ra
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Лихорадка (Likhоradka) | Pronunciation: Lee-kho-rad-ka
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Groznica | Pronunciation: Groz-nee-tsa
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – උණ (Una) | Pronunciation: Oo-na
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Horúčka | Pronunciation: Ho-rooch-ka
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Vročina | Pronunciation: Vro-chee-na
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Qandho | Pronunciation: Qan-dho
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Fiebre | Pronunciation: Fee-eh-bre
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Homa | Pronunciation: Ho-mah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Feber | Pronunciation: Fee-ber
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Таб (Tab) | Pronunciation: Tahb
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – காய்ச்சல் (Kaichal) | Pronunciation: Kai-chal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – జ్వరం (Jwaram) | Pronunciation: Jwa-ram
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ไข้ (Khai) | Pronunciation: Khigh
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Ateş | Pronunciation: Ah-tesh
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Лихоманка (Lykhomanka) | Pronunciation: Ly-kho-man-ka
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بخار (Bukhar) | Pronunciation: Bu-khaar
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Isitma | Pronunciation: Ee-seet-mah
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sốt | Pronunciation: Sot
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Twymyn | Pronunciation: Twoo-min
This list offers a practical tool for understanding and communicating the concept of “fever” in a global context, illustrating the diversity and similarities across languages.