calor

Etymology

From Latin calor, calōrem.

Noun

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin calor, calōrem (“heat, warmth”).

Noun

calor f (plural calors)

1. heat

Etymology

From caleō (“I am warm, hot; glow”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lor/

Noun

calor m (genitive calōris); third declension

1. warmth, heat; glow
2. heat of passion, zeal, ardour
3. fire of love, ardent love

References

• calor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
    
  • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
    
• calor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calor in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Etymology

From Old Portuguese calor, from Latin calor, calōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈloɾ/

Noun

calor m (plural calores)

1. (uncountable, physics) heat
2. an instance of high temperature

Etymology

From Latin calōrem, singular accusative of calor (“heat, warmth”). Compare French chaleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

calor m (plural calores)

1. (weather, energy) heat

   Tengo calor.

   I'm hot. (lit. I have heat).

   Hace calor.

   It's hot. (lit. it makes heat).

Usage notes

• In northern Mexico, calor is colloquially feminine. Adjectives are affected as well. Hace mucha calor thus is equal to hace mucho calor.

Further reading

• “calor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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