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