Grammatical class
Noun
vertige
dizziness, vertigo
Details
Syllables
ver-ti-ge
Phonetics
vɛʁ.tiʒ
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
2205
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5509
Freq. (news)
16123
Sentences
J'ai le vertige.
I'm afraid of heights.
Tom a le vertige.
Tom is afraid of heights.
As-tu le vertige ?
Are you afraid of heights?
Je souffre de vertige.
I am afraid of heights.
Je n'ai pas autant le vertige qu'avant.
I'm not as afraid of heights as I used to be.
Elle a eu un vertige et elle est tombée.
She felt dizzy and fell.
Je me sentis un peu pris de vertige.
I felt a little dizzy.
Je bus trop de vin et fus pris de vertige.
I drank too much wine, and became dizzy.
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.