sweat

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Etymology

Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with Danish sved, Swedish svett, German Schweiß, Dutch zweet, French sueur, Persian خوی (xway) Latvian sviedri and Albanian djersë.

Pronunciation

• enPR: swĕt, IPA: /swɛt/, SAMPA: /swEt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

sweat (uncountable)

1. (physiology) 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. (UK, slang, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
3. (historical) The sweating sickness.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 131:

     When the sweat comes back this summer, 1528, people say, as they did last year, that you won't get it if you don't think about it.

Synonyms

• (fluid that exits the body through pores): perspiration
• sudor

Derived terms

terms derived from sweat (noun)

break a sweat no sweat old sweat sweat gland sweatshirt sweatshop sweaty

Translations

fluid that exits the body through pores

Ainu: ポッペ (poppe) Albanian: djersë (sq) Arabic: عرق (ar) (3áraq) m. Armenian: քրտինք (hy) (k’rtink’) Old Armenian: քիրտն (kʿirtn) Bengali: ঘাম (bn) (gham) Catalan: suor (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 汗 (cmn) (hàn), 汗水 (cmn) (hànshuǐ) Czech: pot (cs) m. Danish: sved (da) c. Dutch: zweet n., transpiratievocht n. Finnish: hiki (fi) French: sueur (fr) f., transpiration (fr) f. German: Schweiß (de) m., Schwitze (de) f. Greek: ιδρώτας (el) (idrótas) m. Hebrew: זיעה (he) (zea) f. Hindi: पसीना (hi) (pasīnā) Icelandic: sviti (is) m. Italian: sudore (it) m. Japanese: 汗 (ja) (あせ, ase) Kurdish: Kurmanji: xuh (ku) f. Sorani: ئاره‌ق, ئاره‌قه‌ Latin: sudor (la) m.

Latvian: sviedri (lv) pl. Lithuanian: prãkaitas (lt) m. Luhya: lukesi Luxembourgish: Schweess (lb) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: svette (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: sveitte (nn) m. Okinawan: あし (ashi) Polish: pot (pl) m. Portuguese: suor (pt) m. Romanian: sudoare f., transpirație f. Russian: пот (ru) (pot) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зно̑ј (sh) m., пот (sh) m. Roman: znȏj (sh) m., pot (sh) m. Slovene: znój (sl) m. Spanish: sudor (es) m. Swahili: jasho (noun5/6) Swedish: svett (sv) n. Telugu: చెమట (chemaTa), స్వేదం (svaedaM) Thai: เหงื่อ (th) Turkish: ter (tr) Vietnamese: mồ hôi (vi) Welsh: chwys (cy) m. West Frisian: swit (fy) n.

slang for soldier

French: troufion (fr) m., troupier (fr) m.

Verb

sweat (third-person singular simple present sweats, present participle sweating, simple past and past participle sweated)

1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
2. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
3. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
4. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something). [from 20th c.]
   • 2010, Brooks Barnes, "Studios battle to save Narnia", The New York Times, 5 Dec 2010:

     There are few matters studio executives sweat more than maintaining their franchises.

5. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.

   to sweat blood.

6. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
7. (transitive, slang) To stress out.

   Stop sweatin' me!

Synonyms

• (emit sweat): perspire
• (work hard): slave, slog, work hard
• (to worry): fret, worry

Derived terms

terms derived from sweat (verb)

unsweat sweat like a pig sweater

Translations

to emit sweat

Ainu: ポッペ ヌ (poppe nu) Albanian: djersij (sq) Arabic: عرق (ar) (3áriqa) Armenian: քրտնել (hy) (k'rtnel) Catalan: suar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 流汗 (cmn) (liúhàn), 發汗 (cmn), 发汗 (cmn) (fāhàn), 出汗 (cmn) (chūhàn) Czech: potit se Dutch: zweten (nl) Esperanto: ŝviti (eo) Finnish: hikoilla (fi) French: transpirer (fr), suer (fr) German: schwitzen (de) Greek: ιδρώνω (el) (iδróno) Hebrew: הזיע (he) (hizía) Hindi: पसीना आना (hi) (pasīnā ānā) Hungarian: izzad (hu)

Icelandic: svitna (is) Italian: sudare (it) Japanese: 汗をかく (ja) (あせをかく, ase-o kaku) Kurdish: ئاره‌ق Lithuanian: prakaitúoti (lt) Norwegian: svette (no) Polish: pocić się (pl) Portuguese: transpirar (pt), suar (pt) Romanian: transpira (ro), asuda (ro) Russian: потеть (ru) (potét’) impf., вспотеть (ru) (vspotét’) pf. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: зно̀јити се (sh) Roman: znòjiti se (sh) Spanish: sudar (es) Swahili: jasho (sw) Swedish: svettas (sv) Turkish: terlemek (tr) Welsh: chwysu (cy)

informal: to work hard

Catalan: suar (ca) Dutch: zwoegen (nl) Finnish: raataa (fi) Hungarian: robotol (hu) Polish: pocić się (pl)

Russian: вкалывать (vkályvat’), горбатиться (gorbátit's'a), ишачить (išáčit’), мантулить (mantúlit’), пахать (paχát’) Swahili: jasho (sw) Turkish: ter dökmek (tr)

informal: to worry

Dutch: zich zorgen maken Finnish: stressata (informal) German: sich sorgen Hungarian: izgul (hu)

Icelandic: hafa (is) áhyggjur (is) Swahili: wasiwasi (sw) Turkish: ter dökmek (tr), soğuk ter dökmek (tr)

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Romanian: asuda (1), transpira (1), munci din greu (2), îngrijora (3)

to emit in the manner of sweat

Catalan: suar (ca) Dutch: zweten German: schwitzen

Icelandic: svitna (is) Swahili: jasho (sw)

to solder together

Swahili: ungana (sw)

Anagrams

• tawse, waste, wetas

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French

Etymology

From English sweatshirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swit/

Noun

sweat m. (plural sweats)

1. sweatshirt

   Les sweats à capuche sont interdits dans certaines lieux publics en Grande-Bretagne.

   Hoodies are prohibited in some places in Great Britain.