Heat in Different Languages
Discover 'Heat' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Heat
Afrikaans hitte | ||
Albanian nxehtësia | ||
Amharic ሙቀት | ||
Arabic الحرارة | ||
Armenian ջերմություն | ||
Assamese তাপ | ||
Aymara sami | ||
Azerbaijani istilik | ||
Bambara funteni | ||
Basque beroa | ||
Belarusian цяпло | ||
Bengali উত্তাপ | ||
Bhojpuri गरम | ||
Bosnian toplota | ||
Bulgarian топлина | ||
Catalan calor | ||
Cebuano kainit | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 热 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 熱 | ||
Corsican calore | ||
Croatian toplina | ||
Czech teplo | ||
Danish varme | ||
Dhivehi ހޫނު | ||
Dogri गर्मी | ||
Dutch warmte | ||
English heat | ||
Esperanto varmo | ||
Estonian kuumus | ||
Ewe dzoxᴐxᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) init | ||
Finnish lämpöä | ||
French chaleur | ||
Frisian hjitte | ||
Galician calor | ||
Georgian სიცხე | ||
German hitze | ||
Greek θερμότητα | ||
Guarani haku | ||
Gujarati ગરમી | ||
Haitian Creole chalè | ||
Hausa zafi | ||
Hawaiian wela | ||
Hebrew חוֹם | ||
Hindi तपिश | ||
Hmong tshav kub | ||
Hungarian hő | ||
Icelandic hita | ||
Igbo okpomọkụ | ||
Ilocano pudot | ||
Indonesian panas | ||
Irish teas | ||
Italian calore | ||
Japanese 熱 | ||
Javanese panas | ||
Kannada ಶಾಖ | ||
Kazakh жылу | ||
Khmer កំដៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubushyuhe | ||
Konkani उश्णताय | ||
Korean 열 | ||
Krio ɔt | ||
Kurdish germa | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەرمایی | ||
Kyrgyz жылуулук | ||
Lao ຄວາມຮ້ອນ | ||
Latin calor | ||
Latvian karstums | ||
Lingala molunge | ||
Lithuanian šilumos | ||
Luganda ebbugumu | ||
Luxembourgish hëtzt | ||
Macedonian топлина | ||
Maithili गर्मी | ||
Malagasy hafanana | ||
Malay haba | ||
Malayalam ചൂട് | ||
Maltese saħħan | ||
Maori wera | ||
Marathi उष्णता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯩꯁꯥ | ||
Mizo sa | ||
Mongolian дулаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အပူ | ||
Nepali तातो | ||
Norwegian varme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kutentha | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉତ୍ତାପ | ||
Oromo ho'a | ||
Pashto تودوخه | ||
Persian حرارت | ||
Polish ciepło | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) calor | ||
Punjabi ਗਰਮੀ | ||
Quechua rupaq | ||
Romanian căldură | ||
Russian высокая температура | ||
Samoan vevela | ||
Sanskrit उष्णता | ||
Scots Gaelic teas | ||
Sepedi phišo | ||
Serbian топлота | ||
Sesotho mocheso | ||
Shona kupisa | ||
Sindhi گرمي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තාපය | ||
Slovak teplo | ||
Slovenian toplota | ||
Somali kuleyl | ||
Spanish calor | ||
Sundanese panas | ||
Swahili joto | ||
Swedish värme | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) init | ||
Tajik гармӣ | ||
Tamil வெப்பம் | ||
Tatar җылылык | ||
Telugu వేడి | ||
Thai ความร้อน | ||
Tigrinya ሙቀት | ||
Tsonga hisa | ||
Turkish sıcaklık | ||
Turkmen ýylylyk | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔhyew | ||
Ukrainian тепло | ||
Urdu گرمی | ||
Uyghur ئىسسىقلىق | ||
Uzbek issiqlik | ||
Vietnamese nhiệt | ||
Welsh gwres | ||
Xhosa ubushushu | ||
Yiddish היץ | ||
Yoruba igbona | ||
Zulu ukushisa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hitte" is derived from the Old Dutch "hitte", which is related to the English "heat" and the German "Hitze". In addition to its primary meaning of "heat", "hitte" can also refer to a rash or a spell of hot weather. |
| Albanian | The word "nxehtësia" in Albanian also means "passion" or "zeal". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ሙቀት" also refers to the intensity of a sound. |
| Arabic | The word 'الحرارة' also has secondary meanings including 'fever' in medicine, and 'excitement and enthusiasm' in figurative speech. |
| Azerbaijani | "İstilik" sözü aynı zamanda "sevinç" veya "coşku" anlamına da gelir. |
| Basque | Basque berotasun also refers to a person's temper, a heated debate or a strong emotion. |
| Belarusian | The word "цяпло" in Belarusian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *teplo, meaning "warmth" or "heat". In addition to its primary meaning, "цяпло" can also refer to a source of heat, such as a stove or fireplace, or to a feeling of warmth or comfort. |
| Bengali | উত্তাপ (heat) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ut-tap', meaning 'to shine or burn'. |
| Bosnian | "Toplota" comes from the Slavic root word "teplo" and can also refer to warmth in a figurative sense, such as affection or hospitality. |
| Bulgarian | The word "топлина" can also refer to "warmth" or "affection" in a figurative sense. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "calor" derives from the Latin word "calor" which means "heat" but also has the additional meaning of "passion" or "zeal". |
| Cebuano | The word "kainit" in Cebuano is derived from the Spanish word "caliente" (heat). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 热 (re) can also mean "enthusiasm" or "lively". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "熱" is cognate with "熱情" (enthusiasm) and "熱血" (hot-blooded) |
| Corsican | Corsican Calore is an alteration of "caldu" which comes from the Latin calidus |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'toplina' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root '*top-' meaning 'warm' and is related to other Slavic words such as Polish 'ciepło' and Russian 'тепло'. |
| Czech | Teplo comes from a Slavic word cognate to "fire". |
| Danish | "Varme" also means "friendship" in Danish, highlighting the connection between warmth and human connection. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "warmte" can also refer to "warmth" or "affection". |
| Esperanto | "Varmo" comes from the Slavic "varm" which means "fever". |
| Estonian | "Kuumus" is an Estonian word with obscure etymology, possibly relating to the Slavic "kvas". It can also refer to intense emotions such as love or anger. |
| Finnish | "Lämpöä" also refers to the feeling of emotional warmth or affection in Finnish. |
| French | The word "chaleur" derives from the Latin "calor" and can also mean "passion" or "enthusiasm" in French. |
| Frisian | Frisian 'hjitte' derives from Proto-Germanic *hitjaz, cognate with English 'heat' and Dutch 'hitte'. |
| Galician | "Calor" in Galician has an alternate meaning of "love, passion" (from Latin "calor, -ōris") |
| Georgian | The word |
| German | The word 'Hitze' shares its root with the Old Norse word 'hiti', meaning 'battle' or 'skirmish', suggesting a connection between heat and the intensity of conflict. |
| Greek | "Θερμότητα" comes from the ancient Greek word "θερμός" meaning "hot, warm" and has also been used to mean "fever, ardor, or love". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ગરમી" is derived from the Sanskrit word "gharma," which means "heat of the sun" or "fever." |
| Haitian Creole | The word "chalè" is of French origin and originally meant "hot air or vapor". |
| Hausa | The word "zafi" can also mean "fever" or "hotness" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Wela means 'heat' in Hawaiian and is also a suffix form meaning 'heated,' as in keikiwela, which means 'heated child,' or 'son.' |
| Hebrew | The word "חוֹם" (heat) in Hebrew is also used to refer to anger or passion. |
| Hindi | "तपिश" originates from Sanskrit and also means 'ascetic performance' |
| Hmong | The word "tshav kub" can also mean "summer" or "hot season". |
| Hungarian | The word "hő" also refers to a hero or protagonist in a story, which may be derived from its older meaning of "famous" or "celebrated". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "hita" can also mean "comfort". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'okpomọkụ' also refers to the state of being angry or agitated. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "panas" is cognate with the Malay word "panas", which comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *paqas, meaning "sunlight", "warmth", or "heat." |
| Irish | The Irish word "teas" is related to the Latin word "torrere", meaning "to burn". |
| Italian | Calore in Italian comes from the Latin word 'calor', which may also refer to fever, ardor and passion. |
| Japanese | The word "熱" can also mean "passion" or "enthusiasm". In Japanese culture, the concept of "heat" is often associated with positive qualities such as energy, life, and growth. |
| Javanese | "Panas" also means "fever" (in the body) |
| Kannada | The word "ಶಾಖ" (śākha) also means "branch" in Kannada, indicating its connection to the notion of spreading or radiating heat from a source. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "жылу" also refers to "warmth" or "kindliness" |
| Khmer | The word "កំដៅ" can also refer to "anger" or "intense emotion" in Khmer. |
| Korean | "열" also means passion, sincerity, zeal, or enthusiasm. |
| Kurdish | The word "germa" can also mean "love" in Kurdish. |
| Latin | The Latin word "calor" also refers to "brightness" and "ardor". |
| Latvian | In Livonian, "karsts" means "fire" and the Livonian "karsts" is cognate with the Latvian "karstums". |
| Lithuanian | "Šilumos" is derived from Lithuanian word "šilti" which means a heat |
| Luxembourgish | "Hëtzt", meaning "heat," can be traced back to the Germanic roots "hetjan," "hatjan," and "haitjan," denoting "to heat" or "to make hot." |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "топлина" can also refer to "warmth" or "affection." |
| Malagasy | Malagasy word "hafanana" is the base form of "hafanan'andro" (heat of the Sun), hence it shares the meaning "heat" with "hazavana". |
| Malay | "Haba" in Malay, while primarily meaning "heat," also carries the connotation of "anger". |
| Malayalam | The word "ചൂട്" (chūṭ) in Malayalam can also mean "anger" or "enmity." |
| Maltese | "Saħħan" also refers to the sensation of being feverish. |
| Maori | The word 'wera' also refers to the geothermal hot pools in New Zealand, a popular tourist attraction. |
| Marathi | The word "उष्णता" can also refer to the state of being hot or heated, as well as the quality of being fiery or impetuous. |
| Mongolian | In addition to meaning “heat,” дулаан can also refer to “summer,” “noon,” or “the hottest part of the day.” |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အပူ" in Burmese also means "anger" or "rage". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'तातो' means heat, and is likely derived from the root 'तप' (tapa) meaning 'to burn'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "varme" is cognate with the English "warm" and shares a common Proto-Germanic ancestor. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kutentha" can also refer to warmth, fever, or excitement. |
| Pashto | The Persian root "tod" meaning "feverish, angry, fierce" is also found in the Pahari, Kurdish and Romani words for heat. |
| Persian | In Persian, "حرارت" ('harārat') also denotes feverishness or enthusiasm. |
| Polish | "Ciepło" in Polish can also mean "warmth" or "affection". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "calor" in Portuguese derives from the Latin "calor" and is a cognate of the English word "calorie". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "căldură" can also refer to "ardor", "passion", or "zeal" in a figurative sense. |
| Russian | "Высокая температура" literally means "high temperature" in English, but it is also used to refer to a fever or high body temperature in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word for fire, "afi", is closely related to the term "vevela", meaning warmth. |
| Scots Gaelic | Teas also means 'fire' in older Scots Gaelic, and is cognate with the Latin testum ('earthenware jar') and the Greek teuchos ('weapon') |
| Serbian | The word "топлота" also means "warmth" or "affection" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "mocheso" in Sesotho can be derived from the Proto-Bantu root "*-toka", meaning "to burn, to heat up". |
| Shona | The Shona word 'kupisa' can also refer to cooking a meal over an open fire. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi گرمي originates from Sanskrit गर्मी, meaning 'heat', and is also related to the Indo-European root gʷher-, meaning 'to glow' or 'to warm'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "තාපය" also means "fever" in Sinhala, possibly derived from the Sanskrit word "tāpa" meaning "heat, fever, or suffering." |
| Slovak | Teplo can also mean 'warmth', 'coziness', or 'comfort'. |
| Slovenian | The word "toplota" in Slovenian is a cognate of "temperature" in English, as both are derived from the Latin word "tepor" meaning "warmth". |
| Somali | Kuleyl comes from the Proto-Somali word *kul, meaning 'sun' or 'warmth'. |
| Spanish | Calor's Latin root "calere" also means "to be excited" and is the origin of the English word "calorie". |
| Sundanese | The word "panas" in Sundanese can also refer to the feeling of anger or fury. |
| Swahili | The word "joto" can also mean "love" in informal Swahili, a subtle shift from its literal meaning of "heat". |
| Swedish | The word "värme" is derived from the Old Norse word "varmi," which means "warmth, heat, sunshine, fire, or flame." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Init" is also the root word for "mainit" (hot), "initan" (warmed up), and "ma-init" (to heat up). |
| Tajik | The word "гармӣ" also means "warmth" or "friendliness" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | வெப்பம் is cognate with the word "warmth" in English and also means "anger" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | వేడి (వేద-) is also related to the name of the Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, and to the word వేద్యం (vēdyam), which means 'that which is to be known'. |
| Thai | "ความร้อน" can also refer to spicy food. |
| Turkish | "Sıcaklık" also means "warmness" or "affection" in Turkish, indicating its metaphorical use in describing emotional states. |
| Ukrainian | The word “тепло” is also used figuratively to denote warmth, kindness, or affection. |
| Urdu | The word گرمی (garmi) may also refer to the warmth of a relationship or a gathering. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word 'issiqlik' (heat) derives from the Proto-Turkic word '*ısıg', meaning 'heat, burning' |
| Vietnamese | The word "nhiệt" also means "enthusiasm" or "passion" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "gwres" also means "anger" or "passion". |
| Xhosa | The word "ubushushu" is derived from the onomatopoeic verb "ushushu" (to swish), which suggests the movement of air or wind. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "היץ" can also refer to "passion" or "desire". |
| Yoruba | Igboná originates from the Yoruba word 'gbónà,' meaning 'to burn' or 'to set on fire.' |
| Zulu | The word 'ukushisa' in Zulu can also refer to 'the process of becoming hot' or 'the state of being hot'. |
| English | The word 'heat' derives from the Old English 'hæte', meaning 'fire' or 'warmth', which itself is thought to be related to the Proto-Indo-European root 'keh₂p-', meaning 'to burn'. |