heatwave

See also: heat wave

English

Alternative forms

• heat wave

Etymology

From heat +‎ wave.

Noun

heatwave (plural heatwaves)

1. A period of very hot weather.

   Antonyms: cold spell, cold wave

2. A heat haze.
   • 2021, Murray du Plessis, Modern Meditations: 101 Ways to Slow Down & Connect to Spirit:

     On a hot summer's day, one can literally see heatwaves shimmering off the surfaces of inanimate objects.

Translations

period of very hot weather

• Albanian: zagushi (sq) f, morovinë (sq) f, zabullinë f
• Arabic: مَوْجَة اَلْحَرّ f (mawjat al-ḥarr)
• Azerbaijani: bürkü (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱浪／热浪 (zh) (rèlàng)

• Czech: vlna veder f
• Danish: hedebølge (da) c
• Dutch: hittegolf (nl) m
• Esperanto: varmondo
• Estonian: kuumalaine (et)
• Faroese: hitabylgja f
• Finnish: helleaalto (fi), lämpöaalto (fi)
• French: vague de chaleur (fr) f, canicule (fr) f
• Georgian: თბური ტალღა (tburi ṭalɣa), სითბური ტალღა (sitburi ṭalɣa), სიცხის ტალღა (sicxis ṭalɣa), პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba), ძლიერი სიცხის პერიოდი (ʒlieri sicxis ṗeriodi)
• German: Hitzewelle (de) f
• Greek: καύσωνας (el) m (káfsonas)
• Hebrew: גל חום m (gal khóm), חמסין (he) m, שרב (he) m
• Hungarian: kánikula (hu), hőhullám (hu)
• Icelandic: hitabylgja (is)
• Indonesian: gelombang panas
• Irish: tonn teaspaigh f
• Italian: ondata di caldo f
• Japanese: 熱波 (ja) (ねっぱ, neppa), 酷暑 (ja) (こくしょ, kokusho)
• Korean: 열파 (ko) (yeolpa)
• Malayalam: ഉഷ്‌ണതരംഗം (uṣ‌ṇataraṅgaṁ)
• Maori: hīrangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hetebølge (no) m or f

• Persian: موج گرما (mowj-e garmâ)
• Polish: upał (pl) m
• Portuguese: onda de calor f
• Romanian: val de căldură n, caniculă (ro) f
• Russian: жара́ (ru) f (žará), зной (ru) m (znoj), пери́од си́льной жары́ m (períod sílʹnoj žarý)
• Spanish: ola de calor f, canícula (es)
• Swahili: wimbijoto
• Swedish: värmebölja (sv) c
• Ukrainian: спе́ка f (spéka)
• Vietnamese: sóng nhiệt (vi)
• Welsh: poethdon f