caloric

Meaning

Adj

1. Relating to calories.
2. Containing calories.
3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).
4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

Noun

The hypothetical medium of heat.

Synonyms

thermal

thermic

calorific

stirrup

card

calorimetric

calorie unit of measure

heat calorie

Translations

calórico

kalorisch

calorique

calorífico

calorico

termico

calòric

ısı

🥵

Wärme

tîn

calórico

warmte

θερμαντικός

calorifique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlɒɹɪk/

Etymology

From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).