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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieschaleur
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʃa.lœʁ/
"La chaleur du soleil était particulièrement agréable ce matin-là."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality or state of being warm; heat or warmth.
"The unexpected calidity of the spring afternoon made everyone shed their heavy winter coats." - 2
Ardor or intensity of feeling; passionate warmth.
"He spoke with a surprising calidity that easily won over the skeptical audience."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Middle English word 'calidite', borrowed from Middle French 'calidité', which stems from the Latin 'caliditas', meaning warmness or heat. This traces back to the Latin adjective 'calidus', meaning warm or hot, originating from the verb 'calere', meaning to be warm.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Calidity" is said worldwide
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chaleur
Transliteration: /ʃa.lœʁ/
"La chaleur du soleil était particulièrement agréable ce matin-là."
Wärme
Transliteration: /ˈvɛʁmə/
"Die angenehme Wärme des Raumes half ihm sich zu entspannen."
calore
Transliteration: /kaˈlo.re/
"Il calore della stufa rese la stanza accogliente."
calidez
Transliteration: /ka.liˈðes/
"La calidez de su hogar nos hizo sentir muy bienvenidos."
calidez
Transliteration: /ka.liˈdeʃ/
"A calidez do seu abraço confortou-a imediatamente."
उष्णता
Transliteration: ushnata
"धूप की उष्णता से पौधों को जीवन मिलता है।"
温暖
Transliteration: wēn nuǎn
"春天的温暖让万物复苏。"
온기
Transliteration: on-gi
"모닥불의 온기가 방안을 가득 채웠다."
温暖
Transliteration: ondan
"今年は温暖な気候が続いている。"
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