chault
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Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French chaut, with the L added back to reflect the original Latin caldus.
Adjective
[edit]chault m (feminine singular chaulde, masculine plural chaulx, feminine plural chauldes)
- hot (of a high temperature)
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- car il faisoit chault
- Because it [the ambient temperature] was hot
- angry
Noun
[edit]chault m (uncountable)
- quality of being hot
Descendants
[edit]- French: chaud