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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka.lo.ʁi
"Cette pomme contient environ quatre-vingts calories."
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A unit of energy historically defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
"The physics experiment measured the exact output of heat in calories." - 2
A unit of measurement for the energy value of food, strictly equivalent to one kilocalorie.
"Checking the nutrition label helps you monitor how many calories you consume daily."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word calorie, coined in the late 19th century from the Latin calor meaning heat, combined with the chemical suffix -ine. Originally established in physics to measure thermal energy, the term transitioned into nutritional science to quantify the energy released by food metabolism in the human body.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Calorie" is said worldwide
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calorie
Transliteration: ka.lo.ʁi
"Cette pomme contient environ quatre-vingts calories."
Kalorie
Transliteration: ka.loˈʁiː
"Ein Apfel hat sehr wenige Kalorien."
caloria
Transliteration: ka.loˈri.a
"Il nuoto brucia molte calorie in poco tempo."
calorías
Transliteration: ka.loˈɾi.as
"Debemos controlar las calorías que consumimos."
caloria
Transliteration: ka.loˈɾi.ɐ
"Os alimentos ricos em açúcar contêm muitas calorias."
कैलोरी
Transliteration: kailorī
"इस फल में बहुत कम कैलोरी होती है।"
卡路里
Transliteration: kǎ lù lǐ
"跑步可以帮助燃烧卡路里。"
칼로리
Transliteration: kallori
"이 음식은 칼로리가 너무 높습니다."
カロリー
Transliteration: karorī
"毎日の食事のカロリーを計算する。"
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