sweat

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Hard work; toil.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Moisture issuing from any substance.
5. (uncountable, usually) A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
6. (historical, uncountable, usually) The sweating sickness.
7. (British, slang, uncountable, usually) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
8. (slang, uncountable, usually) An extremely or excessively competitive player.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
2. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
3. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
4. (informal, intransitive) To work hard.
5. (informal, intransitive) To work hard.
6. (informal, transitive) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
7. (informal, intransitive) To worry.
8. (informal, transitive) To worry about (something).
9. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
10. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
11. (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
12. (intransitive) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
13. (slang, transitive) To stress out, to put under pressure.
14. (intransitive, transitive) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
15. (archaic, transitive) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
16. (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
17. (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.

Concepts

sueur

😓

suer

😓

transpirer

transpiration

suinter

ragoût

requête

faire dégorger

se constituer

suée

troufion

corvée

troupier

effort

goutte

💧

goutter

peine

Synonymes

perspiration

perspire

sudor

toil

swelter

drip

sweating

fret

drudgery

swither

moisture

sudate

lather

ooze

glow

exertion

travail

trickle

diaphoresis

work hard

hot

🥵

rob

effort

slave

elbow grease

stew

🍲

leak

taste

steam

strain

tinker

tiredness

transpire

transude

vapor

vapour

warm

☀️

water loss

worry

hidrosis

transudation

alcohol

pain

B.O.

emit heat downwards

burning-out

sweat-out

water leakage

non-watertight

sudoresis

Traductions

sudor

😓

sudore

😓

sudar

😓

schwitzen

😓

Schweiß

😓

zweet

😓

sudare

😓

suor

😓

suor

😓

suar

😓

zweten

😓

suar

😓

ιδρώτας

ιδρώνω

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/swɛt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swete

Hérité de ancien anglais: swāt

Appartenant à frison occidental: swit

Appartenant à néerlandais: zweet

Appartenant à allemand: Schweiß

Appartenant à danois: sved

Appartenant à suédois: svett

Appartenant à yiddish: שוויצן

Appartenant à anglais: shvitz

Appartenant à latin: sudor

Appartenant à français: sueur

Appartenant à italien: sudore

Appartenant à espagnol: sudor

Appartenant à persan: خوی

Appartenant à sanskrit: स्वेद

Appartenant à lituanien: sviedri

Appartenant à Tokharian B: syā-

Appartenant à albanais: djersë

Appartenant à gallois: chwys

Hérité de moyen anglais: sweten

Hérité de ancien anglais: swǣtan

Appartenant à néerlandais: zweten

Appartenant à allemand: schwitzen

Appartenant à danois: svede

In summary

From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.