caloric

English

Etymology

From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).

Adjective

caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)

  1. Relating to calories.
    caloric intake
  2. Containing calories.
    Milk is a caloric beverage.
  3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).
    a dry, caloric food
  4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

Usage notes

  • For the senses "relating to calories" and "relating to or producing heat", caloric is the usual spelling in the US, and calorific is the usual spelling in the UK.

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Noun

caloric (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) the hypothetical medium of heat
    • Henry
      Caloric expands all bodies.
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