swelter

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

Noun

Intense heat.

Concepten

smoren

Synoniemen

sweat

😓

sultriness

perspire

suffocate

heat

perspiration

be hot

be sultry

bake

be stifling

fry

glow

hot

🥵

hotness

Vertalingen

calor sofocante

sufocar-se

regalimar

estar xop

rostir-se

verschmachten

fast ersticken vor Wärme

ιδρώνω

ασφυκτιώ

καυσώνω

σκάω

étouffer

afa

suar

😓

mormaço

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈswɛl.tə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: swelteren

Overgenomen van Middelengels: swelten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sweltan

In summary

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).