Fatigue (en. Fatigue)

/fa.tiɡ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

State of physical or mental exhaustion.

After a long day of work, I felt great fatigue.

Après une longue journée de travail, j'ai ressenti une grande fatigue.

Weariness or enthusiasm regarding an activity.

The fatigue from school is felt at the end of the school year.

La fatigue de l'école se fait sentir à la fin de l'année scolaire.

verb

To make something or someone tired.

This activity will tire the children.

Cette activité va fatiguer les enfants.

From Latin 'fatiga', from the verb 'fatigare' which means 'to tire'.

to be at the end of one's rope with fatigue

To be extremely tired.

être à bout de fatigue

accumulated fatigue

Fatigue that has accumulated over a period.

fatigue accumulée

exhaustion

State of great fatigue.

épuisement

weariness

State of fatigue or discouragement.

lassitude

sleep

State of inertia during which one is tired.

sommeil

To be dead tired

After this trip, I am dead tired.

Après ce voyage, je suis mort de fatigue.

To be haunted by fatigue

He really has the fatigue demon today!

Il a vraiment le démon de la fatigue aujourd'hui!