calor

See also: Calor and calôr

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlo(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ca‧lor
• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

calor f

1. heat

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “calor”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
• “calor”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin calor, calōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/ [kaˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lor

Noun

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat

Derived terms

• acalorar
• calecer
• caloriegu
• calorientu
• calorosu
• encalorar

Further reading

• “calor”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “calor”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem m (“heat, warmth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈloɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

calor f (plural calors)

1. heat

Related terms

• cald
• caldre, caler
• calefacció
• calent
• calfar
• càlid
• caloria
• escalfar

Further reading

• “calor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “calor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “calor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Alternative forms

• cor

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin calor, calōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/ [kɑˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lor

Noun

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 247:

     do vmor et da calor se criam todas las cousas

     from moisture and heat all things grow

Related terms

• caldo
• caloría
• caloroso
• quentar
• quente

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “calor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

From caleō (“to be warm, hot; to glow”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lor]

Noun

calor m (genitive calōris); third declension

1. warmth, heat; glow

   Synonyms: caldor, vapor, ardor

2. heat of passion, zeal, ardour

   Synonyms: studium, cupīdō, impetus, appetītus, vehementia, alacritās

3. fire of love, ardent love

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calor	calōrēs
genitive	calōris	calōrum
dative	calōrī	calōribus
accusative	calōrem	calōrēs
ablative	calōre	calōribus
vocative	calor	calōrēs

Derived terms

• calōrātus
• calōrificus

Related terms

• caldāmentum
• caldāria
• caldāriola
• caldārium
• caldārius
• caldor
• calefaciō
• calefactābilis
• calefactiō
• calefactō
• calefactōrius
• calefactus
• caleō
• calēscō
• calida
• calidē
• calidum
• calidus

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: calore
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: cãloari, cãroari
  • Megleno-Romanian: căloari
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: calore, ⇒ calura
  • Sicilian: caluri, ⇒ calura
  • Venetan: całor
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: calôr
  • Romansh: chalur
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: calor
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: calor
  • Franco-Provençal: chalor
  • Occitan: calor, chalor
  • Old French: chalor, calor, calur (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: calor
  • Asturian: calor
  • >? Galician: calor
  • >? Portuguese: calor (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: calor
• Borrowings:
  • → Indonesian: kalor

References

• “calor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “calor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
    
  • the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
    
• “calor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “calor”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Occitan

Alternative forms

• calou (obsolete)
• chalor (Limousin)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

calor f (plural calors)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc) heat

Derived terms

• far calor

Related terms

• calorassa

References

• Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 42.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 114

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlo.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Homophone: calou (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lor

Noun

calor m (plural calores)

1. (uncountable, thermodynamics) heat
2. an instance of high temperature

   Antonym: frio

Derived terms

• caloroso
• calorão

Related terms

• caldo
• calefação
• escalfar
• quente

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kalur
• Kabuverdianu: kalor
• Papiamentu: kalor
• → Konkani: कालोर (kālor)

Adjective

calor (invariable)

1. (of weather or climate) hot

   Hoje está muito calor!

   It's very hot today!

See also

• temperatura

Further reading

• “calor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “calor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem (“heat, warmth”). Compare French chaleur and English calorie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈloɾ/ [kaˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lor

Noun

calor m or (colloquial) f (plural calores)

1. (weather, energy) heat

   Antonym: frío

   Tengo calor. ― I'm hot. (literally, “I have heat.”)

   Hace calor. ― It's hot. (literally, “It makes heat.”)

Usage notes

• Both in Latin America and in Spain, calor is colloquially feminine. Although this use is widespread, it is proscribed by the Real Academia Española.

Hypernyms

• energía

Derived terms

• acalorar
• ahogarse de calor
• al calor de
• asarse de calor
• bomba de calor
• calor específico
• calor latente
• golpe de calor
• intercambiador de calor
• meter en calor
• ola de calor
• onda de calor

Related terms

• caldo
• calefacción
• calentar
• cálido
• caliente
• caloría
• calórico
• calorífero
• calorífugo
• caluroso
• térmico

Further reading

• “calor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• alcor
• claro
• clora
• colar
• coral
• corla
• lacro
• Lorca