French Conversation · Level 118
59 words
French word
enrhumer
Pronunciation
IPA/ɑ̃ʁyme/
Meaning
- verbcatch a cold
Example
Je m'enrhume quand il fait froid.
I catch a cold when it's cold.
More examples
Il m'a enrhumé en toussant près de moi.
He gave me a cold by coughing near me.
Core concept
Cold symptoms taking hold in the nose or throat and possibly passing to someone else.
Common phrases
s'enrhumer
catch a cold
enrhumer quelqu'un
give someone a cold
Similar words
attraper: To contract a cold or another viral illness.
prendre: To develop cold symptoms after exposure to cold weather.
tomber: To suddenly fall ill.
contaminer: To infect another person with a pathogen and make them ill.
Definition in French
Sens principal : s'enrhumer = commencer à avoir les symptômes d'un rhume ; transitif : enrhumer quelqu'un = transmettre un rhume.
Word origin
French enrhumer combines the verbal prefix en- with rhume, whose history leads through Old French reume and Latin rheuma to Greek rheuma, meaning a flow.
Usage tips
- In s'enrhumer, the pronoun is required for the person who catches a cold; a direct object marks the person who receives it.
Other meanings
- give ___ a coldverb
Opposites
- guérirrecoververb
Related words
- enrhuméhaving a coldadjective
- enrhumementcold symptomsnoun