Grammatical class

Noun

vertige

dizziness, vertigo

Details

Syllables

ver-ti-ge

Phonetics

vɛʁ.tiʒ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

2205

Freq. (movies)

5509

Freq. (news)

16123

Sentences

J'ai le vertige.

I'm afraid of heights.

A1

Tom a le vertige.

Tom is afraid of heights.

A1

As-tu le vertige ?

Are you afraid of heights?

A1

Je souffre de vertige.

I am afraid of heights.

A1

Je n'ai pas autant le vertige qu'avant.

I'm not as afraid of heights as I used to be.

A2

Elle a eu un vertige et elle est tombée.

She felt dizzy and fell.

A2

Je me sentis un peu pris de vertige.

I felt a little dizzy.

B2

Je bus trop de vin et fus pris de vertige.

I drank too much wine, and became dizzy.

B2

Le malade prétend avoir, étant jeune homme, souffert d’accès de vertige qui duraient plusieurs secondes et pendant lesquels il avait comme le sentiment que tout son être se désagrégeait.

The patient claims that, as a young man, he suffered from bouts of dizziness which lasted several seconds, during which he felt like his whole being was disintegrating.

C2