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enrhumer

give a cold to

verb ahn-roo-MEH Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: From en- + rhume 'cold'

Usage Note

Enrhumer is almost exclusively used in its reflexive form s'enrhumer, meaning to catch a cold. Je me suis enrhumé means 'I caught a cold'. The direct transitive use (le froid m'a enrhumé) exists but is less common. The underlying noun is un rhume (a cold).

Examples

"Je me suis enrhumé en sortant sans manteau."

Natural Translation

I caught a cold going out without a coat.

Literal Translation

I caught-a-cold going out without coat.

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