fièvre de Malte

\fjɛvʁ də malt\

/\fjɛvʁ də malt\/ noun

The verdict

“fièvre de Malte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de brucellose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-fievre-de-malte · fièvre de Malte · French

fièvre de Malte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for fièvre de Malte
PropertyValue
Headwordfièvre de Malte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fjɛvʁ də malt\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « fièvre de Malte » en français

fièvre de Maltereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fièvre de Malte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fjɛvʁ də malt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de brucellose.".

fièvre de Malte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fièvre de Malte, spelled F-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-L-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de brucellose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fièvre de Malte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 21 septembre 1940 – Pater a un point de congestion. Depuis deux ans, il « nous » a fait des furoncles, il s’est cassé le péroné en traversant la rue, il s’est coupé le bout du doigt en refermant la capote de la Viva sur le bac de Saint-Nazaire, loin de toute pharmacie, bien entendu… et il attrapé une maladie rarissisme : la fièvre de Malte.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fièvre de Malte"?
"fièvre de Malte" is spelled F-I-È-V-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fjɛvʁ də malt\.
What does "fièvre de Malte" mean?
As a noun, "fièvre de Malte" means: Synonyme de brucellose.
How do you pronounce "fièvre de Malte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fièvre de Malte" is \fjɛvʁ də malt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fièvre de Malte" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list