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