nerveux

See also: nèrveux

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, a borrowing from Latin nervōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛʁ.vø/
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Adjective

nerveux (feminine nerveuse, masculine plural nerveux, feminine plural nerveuses)

(relational) nerve; nervous
maladie nerveuse
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nervous (typified by nervousness)
elle était bien nerveuse
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Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Danish: nervøs
→ Norwegian Bokmål: nervøs
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: nervøs

Further reading

“nerveux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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