חום

Hebrew

Etymology 1

חוּם (“brown”)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χum/

Adjective

חוּם • (khúm) (feminine חוּמָה‎, masculine plural חוּמִים‎, feminine plural חוּמוֹת‎)

1. Brown, brown-colored.
2. (חוּם־‎, khúm-) Masculine singular construct form of חוּם‎.

Noun

חוּם • (khúm) m (plural indefinite חוּמִים‎, singular construct חוּם־, plural construct חוּמֵי־‎)

1. Brown, the color brown.
   • חום (צבע)‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
2. (חוּם־‎, khúm-) Singular construct form of חוּם‎‎.

Etymology 2

Root
ח־מ־ם‎

From the root ח־מ־ם‎ (kh-m-m); compare חַם‎ (khám).

Alternative forms

• חֹם‎ (defective spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χom/

Noun

חום \ חֹם • (khóm) m (no plural forms, singular construct חום \ חֹם־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

1. Heat, warmth: the property of being hot.
2. (physics, chemistry) Heat: energy transferred by thermal interaction.
   • חום (פיזיקה)‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
3. Warmth, fever, feverishness.
   • חום (תסמין)‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
4. (חֹם־‎, khóm-) Singular construct form of חום \ חֹם‎‎.

See also

• טמפרטורה‎ (temperatúra)

Anagrams

• מוח‎