warm

See also: wärm

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, with different proposed origins:

  1. Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), related to Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharma).
  2. Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite [script needed] (warnuzi) and to Old Church Slavonic варити (variti).

The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ- evolved in Germanic: some think that *gʷʰ would have turned to *b, and that the root *gʷʰer- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots.

Adjective

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)

  1. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
    The tea is still warm.
    This is a very warm room.
    • Longfellow
      Warm and still is the summer night.
    • 1985, Robert Ferro, Blue Star
      It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young.
  2. Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.
    We have a warm friendship.
  3. Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.
  4. Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
    • Black
      Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm", as children say at blindman's buff.
  5. (figuratively) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness
    a warm piano sound
  6. (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
    a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
    • Milton
      Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
    • Alexander Pope
      Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
    • Addison
      They say he's a warm man and does not care to be made mouths at.
    • Hawthorne
      I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
    • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 1
      To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
  7. (archaic) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.
    • Washington Irving
      warm householders, every one of them
    • Goldsmith
      You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
  8. (archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
    • 1929, The Listener (issues 41-50, page 552)
      The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:warm
  • See also Thesaurus:affectionate
  • See also Thesaurus:difficult
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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See also

Etymology 2

From Old English werman.

Verb

warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)

  1. (transitive) To make or keep warm.
    • Bible, Isaiah xliv. 15
      Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
    • Longfellow
      enough to warm, but not enough to burn
  2. (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
    My socks are warming by the fire.
    The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
  3. (intransitive) To favour increasingly.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎:
      Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.
    He is warming to the idea.
    Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
  4. To become ardent or animated.
    The speaker warms as he proceeds.
  5. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
    • Alexander Pope
      I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.
    • Keble
      Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed.
Derived terms
Translations
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Noun

warm (plural warms)

  1. (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)
    Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

Alemannic German

Adjective

warm

  1. (Formazza) warm

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑrm
  • IPA(key): /ʋɑr(ə)m/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmst)

  1. warm, hot
    Antonym: koud
  2. (meteorology, officially) 20 °C or more

Inflection

Inflection of warm
uninflected warm
inflected warme
comparative warmer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial warmwarmerhet warmst
het warmste
indefinite m./f. sing. warmewarmerewarmste
n. sing. warmwarmerwarmste
plural warmewarmerewarmste
definite warmewarmerewarmste
partitive warmswarmers—

German

Etymology

From Old High German warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaʁm/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /vaːm/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)
  • audio (Germany)(file)
  • audio (Austria)(file)

Adjective

warm (comparative wärmer, superlative am wärmsten)

  1. warm, hot
  2. (archaic, except in "warmer Bruder") homosexual, gay (used only for men, not for women)

Declension

Comparative forms of warm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist wärmer sie ist wärmer es ist wärmer sie sind wärmer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative wärmerer wärmere wärmeres wärmere
genitive wärmeren wärmerer wärmeren wärmerer
dative wärmerem wärmerer wärmerem wärmeren
accusative wärmeren wärmere wärmeres wärmere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der wärmere die wärmere das wärmere die wärmeren
genitive des wärmeren der wärmeren des wärmeren der wärmeren
dative dem wärmeren der wärmeren dem wärmeren den wärmeren
accusative den wärmeren die wärmere das wärmere die wärmeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein wärmerer eine wärmere ein wärmeres (keine) wärmeren
genitive eines wärmeren einer wärmeren eines wärmeren (keiner) wärmeren
dative einem wärmeren einer wärmeren einem wärmeren (keinen) wärmeren
accusative einen wärmeren eine wärmere ein wärmeres (keine) wärmeren

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • warm in Duden online

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz.

Adjective

warm

  1. warm, hot
  2. warm, keeping the wearer warm (of clothes)
  3. warm (of emotions)

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

  • “warm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “warm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wearm; from Proto-Germanic *warmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /warm/, /werm/

Adjective

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)

  1. (temperature) warm, mildly hot
  2. (weather) warm, pleasant, mild
  3. heated, warmed
  4. (locations or garments) having a tendency to be warm; designed to stay warm
  5. Being at a healthy temperature
  6. enthusiastic, vigourous

Noun

warm

  1. warmness, heat

Descendants

  • Scots: wairm
  • English: warm

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Adjective

warm

  1. warm

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

Adjective

warm (comparative warmoro, superlative warmost)

  1. warm

Declension


Comparative forms of warm (weak only)
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative warmoro warmoru warmora warmoru warmora warmoru
accusative warmorun warmorun warmorun warmorun warmora warmorun
genitive warmorun warmoronō warmorun warmoronō warmorun warmoronō
dative warmorun warmorum warmorun warmorum warmorun warmorum


Superlative forms of warm
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative warmost warmoste warmost warmostu warmost warmoste
accusative warmostana warmoste warmosta warmostu warmost warmoste
genitive warmostes warmostarō warmostaro warmostarō warmostes warmostarō
dative warmostumu warmostum warmostaro warmostum warmostumu warmostum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative warmosto warmostu warmosta warmostu warmosta warmostu
accusative warmostun warmostun warmostun warmostun warmosta warmostun
genitive warmostun warmostonō warmostun warmostonō warmostun warmostonō
dative warmostun warmostum warmostun warmostum warmostun warmostum


Descendants

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