/emˈfeɾmo/
Translation
ill; sick
Word origin
From Latin infirmus ('weak, frail, infirm'), from in- ('not') plus firmus ('strong'). The same root gives English infirm and infirmary.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- infirmus
- English cognates
- infirm, infirmary, firm
Grammar
Examples
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My son is ill, he cannot go to school.
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He has been ill since Monday.
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The sick patients are waiting in the room.
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He fell ill after eating bad meat.
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She looked after her sick mother every afternoon.
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