heat

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Thermal energy.
2. (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
3. (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
4. (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
5. (uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.
6. (countable) A fastball.
7. (uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
8. (countable, slang) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
9. (countable, endearing, slang, uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
10. (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.
11. (broadly, countable) A stage in a competition, not necessarily a sporting one; a round.
12. (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
13. (countable) A hot spell.
14. (uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
15. (uncountable) The output of a heating system.
16. (countable) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort.
17. (slang, uncountable) The police.
18. (slang, uncountable) One or more firearms.
19. (slang, uncountable) Stylish and valuable sneakers.
20. (countable, slang, uncountable) A negative reaction from the audience, especially as a heel (or bad character), or in general.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
2. (intransitive) To become hotter.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
5. (slang, transitive) To arouse, to excite (sexually).

Verb

simple past and past participle of heat

Sinonieme

warmth

warm

☀️

warm up

hot

🥵

sultriness

heat up

hotness

temperature

🌡️

fever

🤒

make hot

ardour

glow

become hot

passion

estrus

hot weather

fire

🔥

warmness

high temperature

oestrus

inflame

ardor

burn

roast

rut

make warm

fervour

burning

heating

thermal

fire up

stir up

feverishness

boil

closeness

race

be hot

ignite

hot air

wake

zeal

toast

light

vehemence

cook

🧑‍🍳

round

rage

😡

reheat

provoke

pyrexia

Vertalings

chaleur

calore

calor

chauffer

Hitze

calor

Wärme

calentar

riscaldare

scaldare

heizen

warmte

θερμότητα

erhitzen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hiːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hete

Geërf van Old English: hǣtu

Verwante met Skots: hete

Verwante met Noord-Fries: hiet

Verwante met Old High German: heizī

Verwante met Nederlands: hitte

Verwante met Duits: Hitze

Verwante met Sweeds: hetta

Verwante met Yslands: hiti

Geërf van Middle English: heten

Geërf van Old English: hǣtan

In summary

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”).