torrid

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒɹɪd/

Adjective

torrid (comparative torrider, superlative torridest)

1. Very hot and dry.
2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

   a torrid love scene in a film or novel

3. Full of difficulty.

Derived terms

• torrid zone

Related terms

• torrent
• toast

Translations

very hot and dry

• Finnish: polttava (fi), paahtava (fi), tulinen (fi)
• French: torride (fr)
• Georgian: პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba)
• Hungarian: perzselő (hu), tűző
• Latin: torridus
• Maori: tūmārōhoehoe, tūmārōhoehoe
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• Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m
• Russian: паля́щий (ru) (paljáščij)
• Spanish: torrido m
• Tagalog: maalingiing

full of intense emotions...

• Finnish: palava (fi), intohimoinen (fi), kiihkeä (fi)
• French: torride (fr)
• Hungarian: perzselő (hu), forró (hu)
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• Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m
• Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij)
• Spanish: torrido m

full of difficulty

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrɪd/

Verb

torrid

1. (literary) imperfect/conditional impersonal of torri

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torrid	dorrid	nhorrid	thorrid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.