🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

chaud

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sho

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Warm/wɔːrm/
adjectiveverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La soupe était chaude."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a moderate degree of heat; not cold.

    "The soup was warm enough to eat."
As verb
  1. 1

    To make or become warm.

    "Please warm the food in the microwave."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'warm' originates from the Old English 'wearm', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*warmō', and ultimately traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*gʷher-', meaning 'to be hot'. Over time, its meaning has evolved to encompass both physical warmth and emotional warmth.

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