calor

Inherited from Latin calōrem.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlo(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
• Syllabification: ca‧lor

calor f

1. heat

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “calor”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “calor”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

From Latin calor, calōrem.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/, [kaˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lor

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat

• caloriegu
• calecer
• calorientu
• calorosu
• acalorar
• encalorar

Inherited from Latin calōrem m (“heat, warmth”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈloɾ]

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calor f (plural calors)

1. heat

• “calor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “calor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “calor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• cor

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin calor, calōrem.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/ [kɑˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lor

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 247:

     do vmor et da calor se criam todas las cousas

     from moisture and heat all things grow

• caldo
• caloría
• caloroso
• quentar
• quente

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lor/, [ˈkäɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lor/, [ˈkäːlor]

calor m (genitive calōris); third declension

1. warmth, heat; glow

   Synonyms: caldor, vapor, ardor

2. heat of passion, zeal, ardour

   Synonyms: studium, cupīdō, impetus, appetītus, vehementia, alacritās

3. fire of love, ardent love

Third-declension noun.

• calōrātus
• calōrificus

• “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^[1], 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

• calou (obsolete)
• chalor (Limousin)

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calor f (plural calors)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc) heat

• calorassa

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 42.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 114.

Borrowed from Latin calōrem.

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lor

calor m (plural calores)

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

   Antonym: frio

• caloroso
• calorão

• caldo
• calefação
• escalfar
• quente

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kalur
• Kabuverdianu: kalor
• Papiamentu: kalor

calor (invariable)

1. (of weather or climate) hot

   Hoje está muito calor!

   It's very hot today!

• temperatura

Inherited from Latin calōrem (“heat, warmth”). Compare French chaleur and English calorie.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/ [kaˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lor

calor m or (colloquial in Latin America) f (plural calores)

1. (weather, energy) heat

   Antonym: frío

   Tengo calor. ― I'm hot. (literally, “I have heat.”)

   Hace calor. ― It's hot. (literally, “It makes heat.”)

• In Latin America, calor is colloquially feminine. Although this use is widespread, it is proscribed by the Real Academia Española.^[1]

• energía

• “calor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28