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
- système nerveux ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- maladie nerveuse ― nerve disease
- nervous, anxious
- Elle était très nerveuse. ― She was very nervous.
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Further reading
- “nerveux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.