Afrikaans warm | ||
Albanian te ngrohte | ||
Amharic ሞቃት | ||
Arabic دافئ | ||
Armenian ջերմ | ||
Assamese উষ্ণ | ||
Aymara junt'u | ||
Azerbaijani isti | ||
Bambara wɔlɔkɔ | ||
Basque epela | ||
Belarusian цёплы | ||
Bengali উষ্ণ | ||
Bhojpuri गरम | ||
Bosnian toplo | ||
Bulgarian топло | ||
Catalan càlid | ||
Cebuano mainiton | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 暖 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 暖 | ||
Corsican caldu | ||
Croatian toplo | ||
Czech teplý | ||
Danish varm | ||
Dhivehi ތާފަނާ | ||
Dogri तत्ता | ||
Dutch warm | ||
English warm | ||
Esperanto varma | ||
Estonian soe | ||
Ewe xɔ dzo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mainit-init | ||
Finnish lämmin | ||
French chaud | ||
Frisian waarm | ||
Galician quente | ||
Georgian თბილი | ||
German warm | ||
Greek ζεστός | ||
Guarani haku | ||
Gujarati ગરમ | ||
Haitian Creole cho | ||
Hausa dumi | ||
Hawaiian mehana | ||
Hebrew נעים | ||
Hindi गरम | ||
Hmong sov siab | ||
Hungarian meleg | ||
Icelandic hlýtt | ||
Igbo kpoo ọkụ | ||
Ilocano nabara | ||
Indonesian hangat | ||
Irish te | ||
Italian caldo | ||
Japanese 暖かい | ||
Javanese anget | ||
Kannada ಬೆಚ್ಚಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ | ||
Kazakh жылы | ||
Khmer កក់ក្តៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda gishyushye | ||
Konkani हूनहूनीत | ||
Korean 따뜻한 | ||
Krio wam | ||
Kurdish germ | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەرم | ||
Kyrgyz жылуу | ||
Lao ອົບອຸ່ນ | ||
Latin calidum | ||
Latvian silts | ||
Lingala molunge | ||
Lithuanian šilta | ||
Luganda okubuguma | ||
Luxembourgish waarm | ||
Macedonian топло | ||
Maithili गर्म | ||
Malagasy mafana | ||
Malay suam | ||
Malayalam .ഷ്മളമായ | ||
Maltese sħun | ||
Maori mahana | ||
Marathi उबदार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯣꯡ ꯐꯣꯡ ꯁꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo lum | ||
Mongolian дулаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နွေး | ||
Nepali न्यानो | ||
Norwegian varm | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ofunda | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗରମ | ||
Oromo ho'aa | ||
Pashto ګرم | ||
Persian گرم | ||
Polish ciepły | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) caloroso | ||
Punjabi ਗਰਮ | ||
Quechua quñi | ||
Romanian cald | ||
Russian теплый | ||
Samoan mafanafana | ||
Sanskrit उष्णम् | ||
Scots Gaelic blàth | ||
Sepedi ruthela | ||
Serbian топло | ||
Sesotho mofuthu | ||
Shona inodziya | ||
Sindhi گرم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උණුසුම් | ||
Slovak teplý | ||
Slovenian toplo | ||
Somali diiran | ||
Spanish calentar | ||
Sundanese haneut | ||
Swahili joto | ||
Swedish värma | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mainit-init | ||
Tajik гарм | ||
Tamil சூடான | ||
Tatar җылы | ||
Telugu వెచ్చని | ||
Thai อบอุ่น | ||
Tigrinya ውዑይ | ||
Tsonga kufumela | ||
Turkish ilık, hafif sıcak | ||
Turkmen ýyly | ||
Twi (Akan) botrobodwo | ||
Ukrainian теплий | ||
Urdu گرم | ||
Uyghur قىزغىن | ||
Uzbek iliq | ||
Vietnamese ấm áp | ||
Welsh cynnes | ||
Xhosa kushushu | ||
Yiddish וואַרעם | ||
Yoruba loworo | ||
Zulu kufudumele |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "warm" can also mean "comfortable" or "cozy". |
| Amharic | The Amharic term |
| Arabic | "دافئ" comes from the same root as "دفء" (warmth), which is related to the word "دف" (to cover or protect from the cold) |
| Armenian | "Ջերմ" originates from the Indo-European root "gʰwer-mós", akin to the Latin "formus" and Greek "thermós", meaning "hot". |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | In the Basque-French dictionary of 1745, the word |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "цёплы" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *tepъlъ, which also means "warm" in many other Slavic languages. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word 'উষ্ণ' also translates in Sanskrit to mean either 'enthusiastic', 'hot' or 'passionate' in addition to 'warm'. |
| Bosnian | Toplo is a word used to describe something that is warm, comforting, or cozy |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "топло" (warm) is also a cognate of the English word "tub" |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "càlid" can also refer to a person who is friendly, cheerful, or optimistic. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the character '暖' ('warm') originally represented the sun rising over the horizon, and it has also been used to represent warmth in people or relationships. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In some contexts, 暖 means 'warm-hearted'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "caldu" can also refer to a type of broth or soup. |
| Croatian | 'Toplo' in Croatian is cognate to 'tepl' in Russian and 'tepid' in English, all deriving from Proto-Indo-European *tep- 'to be warm' |
| Czech | Czech "teplý" derives from *teplo* "heat" cognate to English "tepid." |
| Danish | "Varmt vand" in Danish refers to both warm water and hot water. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "warm" can also be used to refer to a place of safety or comfort, e.g. "in de warme schoot van de familie" (in the warm bosom of the family). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word |
| Estonian | The word "soe" is cognate with the Finnish word "soa" and the Sami word "čohkka"," both meaning "warm" or "hot". It is also related to the Proto-Uralic word *soke, meaning "warm" or "hot". |
| Finnish | The word "lämmin" also refers to something friendly, compassionate, or affectionate. |
| French | Derived from the Latin 'caldus' (hot, warm), 'chaud' also means 'spicy' in the context of food. |
| Galician | The word "quente" in Galician can also refer to a state of being tipsy or slightly drunk. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "თბილი" can also refer to a type of clay used in pottery. |
| German | In Old English, “warm” also referred to heat generated from within the body of a living being. |
| Greek | The Greek word 'ζεστός' ('warm') is also used to describe the feeling of comfort, coziness, or hospitality. |
| Gujarati | "ગરમ" also means "hot-tempered" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In the Central African Republic, "cho" refers to a "small tree" and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it denotes a "type of fabric". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "dumi" can also refer to "a warm place" or "a warm feeling". |
| Hawaiian | While "mehana" most commonly means "warm" in Hawaiian, it can also mean "soft" or "gentle." |
| Hebrew | "נעים", apart from its usual meaning "warm", can also mean "sweet" in the modern sense of the word, and "musical" or "pleasant" in biblical Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word 'गरम' is commonly used to describe extreme temperatures or heated emotions, but it can also refer to spices or condiments that contribute a spicy or piquant flavor to food. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "sov siab" is derived from Chinese, and it also means "respectful". |
| Hungarian | The word "meleg" can also refer to a fever or heat, and is related to the word "melegség" (heat) |
| Icelandic | The Proto-Germanic origin of "hlýtt" also underlies words for "shelter" in various languages, suggesting an underlying meaning of "protected from the cold." |
| Indonesian | "Hangat" also means "excited" in Indonesian and is derived from the Sanskrit word "hung" meaning "to move". |
| Irish | Te is derived from the Old Irish word 'teith' and is also used to denote 'warmth' in the context of human relationships. |
| Italian | In Spanish, the word "caldo" means "broth" and in Latin it means "heat." |
| Japanese | Originally meant “facing the sun, sunny”, “暖かい” later came to denote the sensation of warmth. |
| Javanese | The word 'anget' in Javanese also means 'spicy' or 'hot' in the sense of taste. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "жылы" can also refer to "warmth" as an abstract noun or "affectionate" in the case of relationships or emotions. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "germ" also means "seed" and is used in the phrase "germiya xweş" (literally "good seed") to mean "kind-hearted" or "good-natured". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жылуу" also refers to the concept of warmth and comfort in a figurative sense, such as when describing a loving or welcoming atmosphere. |
| Lao | The Lao word ອົບອຸ່ນ also means "to comfort or take care of" someone, which is a more metaphorical meaning of warmth. |
| Latin | Calidus is not just 'warm' but can also mean 'hot', 'violent', or 'intense' in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "silts" also means "strong", "powerful", "solid" or "vigorous" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "šilta" can refer to both the physical sensation of warmth and a cozy atmosphere. |
| Luxembourgish | It is sometimes used to describe a person who is drunk. |
| Macedonian | The word "топло" can also mean "hospitable" or "welcoming" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | In certain dialects of Malagasy, "mafana" means "warm" but is also used to describe the feeling of comfort or coziness. |
| Malay | The word "suam" also means "lukewarm" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word ".ഷ്മളമായ" can also mean "comfortable" or "pleasant" depending on the context. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sħun" shares the same Proto-Semitic root as the Arabic word "sakhina" and the Hebrew word "shamn" (oil), all three having the sense of "heat". |
| Maori | The word "mahana" can also mean "day" or "sun" in Māori. |
| Marathi | "उबदार" is an adjective in Marathi that means "warm" or "gentle". |
| Mongolian | "Дулаан" (warm) is also a Mongolian word for "comfortable", and is frequently used to describe feelings, emotions, and moods. |
| Nepali | The word "न्यानो" in Nepali derives from the Proto-Sino-Tibetan root *gn-am, shared with "warm" in many Indo-European languages. |
| Norwegian | The word "varm" can also mean "affectionate" or "comfortable". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ofunda" in Nyanja also refers to a time that is hot or a period of time when it is hot. |
| Pashto | ګرم (warm) also refers to a person who is generous or hospitable in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word |
| Polish | The word "ciepły" in Polish can also mean "gay" or "homosexual" in slang, derived from the notion of warmth and intimacy associated with same-sex relationships. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Caloroso" comes from the Latin word "calor" meaning heat, and can also mean enthusiastic or zealous in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਗਰਮ" (garam) also refers to the zodiac sign Aries in astrology. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cald" is derived from the Latin "calidus", meaning "hot", and also relates to the English word "caldron". |
| Russian | "Теплый" can also mean "soft" or "gentle". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "mafanafana" also means "close", as in a close relationship or family bond. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "blàth" may be cognate with the Welsh "blawd" ("flower"), suggesting a connection between warmth and bloom. |
| Serbian | The word "топло" not only means "warm" in Serbian but can also refer to something cozy or inviting. |
| Sesotho | The word "mofuthu" (warm) in Sesotho is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-fwuθu-", and its cognates include "mofufutso" (hot water) and "mofufutho" (warmth). |
| Shona | "Inodziya," meaning warm in Shona, is also used to describe a person with a warm personality. |
| Sindhi | In addition to meaning "warm," the Sindhi word "گرم" can also mean "spicy" or "hot-tempered." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala term "උණුසුම්" also holds the connotation of "love and affection" in the context of relationships. |
| Slovak | The word "teplý" also means "gay" in Slovak slang. |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word |
| Somali | The word "diiran" also means "heat" in Somali, and is related to the word "dir" meaning "sun". |
| Spanish | The verb "calentar" originally meant "to ignite" or "to shine". |
| Sundanese | The word "haneut" can also refer to a person who is easily angered or upset. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "joto" has additional meanings, including "spicy" and "hot-tempered". |
| Swedish | "Värma" is also a verb meaning "to recruit" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Mainit-init" can mean "steamy" in Tagalog, especially in the context of a humid place or food." |
| Tajik | The word "гарм" also refers to the southern region of Tajikistan, known as the "Khatlon Region." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "சூடான" also means "fiery" or "passionate" in some contexts. |
| Telugu | The word "వెచ్చని" is derived from the root word "వేగు" meaning "to cook" and is also used to describe something that is comforting or cozy. |
| Thai | อบอุ่น (warm) comes from Khmer អបអន (อบ = to warm oneself, อน = heat), which is probably of Chinese origin from 熱 (hot). |
| Turkish | Ilık is related to the word "ılık" (mild, gentle) in Turkish, indicating a moderate degree of warmth. |
| Ukrainian | "Теплий" derives from the Proto-Slavic "*tepъlejь" and shares its root with "heat" and "temperature" |
| Uzbek | The word “iliq” has other meanings: soft, moist, flexible. |
| Vietnamese | Âm áp literally translates to "sound warm", referring to the feeling of being warm and cozy. |
| Welsh | The word "cynnes" in Welsh can also mean "kindliness" or "affection". |
| Xhosa | The name of a popular traditional Xhosa beer, _utywala oqushu_, contains the term _kushushu_, referring to its warmth. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "וואַרעם" (warm) is etymologically related to the German word "warm" and also has an alternate meaning of "comfortable" or "cozy". |
| Yoruba | In some contexts, "loworo" can refer to a person who is calm, gentle, or easygoing. |
| Zulu | The word "kufudumele" also has the alternate meaning of "to be lazy" in Zulu. |
| English | The term 'warm' derives from the Old English 'wearm', meaning 'comfortable' or 'sheltered', and is also related to the German 'warm', meaning 'heat'. |