chaleur
French
Etymology
From Old French chalor, from Latin calōrem, accusative singular of calor (“warmth, heat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.lœʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Noun
chaleur f (plural chaleurs)
- (temperature) heat
- Il craint la chaleur. ― Keep out of the heat.(literally “it fears the heat”)
- heat (a state of sexual aggression)
- Les lapins sont en chaleur. ― The rabbits are in heat.
Further reading
- “chaleur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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