calor

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See also: Calor and calôr

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlo(ɾ)/
  • Syllabification: ca‧lor
  • Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

calor f

  1. heat

References

  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “calor”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
  • calor”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

From Latin calor, calōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈloɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧lor

Noun

calor f (plural calores)

  1. heat

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem m (heat, warmth).

Pronunciation

Noun

calor f (plural calors)

  1. heat

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin calor, calōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈloɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lor

Noun

calor f (plural calores)

  1. heat
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 247:
      do vmor et da calor se criam todas las cousas
      from moisture and heat all things grow

References

Latin

Etymology

From caleō (I am warm, hot; glow) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

calor m (genitive calōris); third declension

  1. warmth, heat; glow
    Synonyms: caldor, vapor, ardor
  2. heat of passion, zeal, ardour
    Synonyms: studium, cupīdō, impetus, appetītus, vehementia, alacritās
  3. fire of love, ardent love

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative calor calōrēs
genitive calōris calōrum
dative calōrī calōribus
accusative calōrem calōrēs
ablative calōre calōribus
vocative calor calōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • calor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
    • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
  • calor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calor”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

calor f (plural calors)

  1. (Gascony, Languedoc) heat

Derived terms

References

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 42.
  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 114.

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calōrem.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Homophone: calou (non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lor

Noun

calor m (plural calores)

  1. (uncountable, thermodynamics) heat
  2. an instance of high temperature
    Antonym: frio

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

calor (invariable)

  1. (of weather or climate) hot
    Hoje está muito calor!
    It's very hot today!

See also

Spanish

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem (heat, warmth). Compare French chaleur and English calorie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈloɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧lor

Noun

calor m or (colloquial in Latin America) f (plural calores)

  1. (weather, energy) heat
    Antonym: frío
    Tengo calor.I'm hot. (literally, “I have heat.”)
    Hace calor.It's hot. (literally, “It makes heat.”)

Usage notes

  • In Latin America, calor is colloquially feminine. Although this use is widespread, it is proscribed by the Real Academia Española.

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