heat

Pronunciation: /ˈhiːt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
  2. noun the presence of heat
  3. noun the sensation caused by heat energy

Etymology

From Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu, from Proto-West Germanic *haitī, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“heat; hot”). Cognate with Scots hete (“heat”), Saterland Frisian Hatte (“heat”), Old High German heizī (“heat”). Related also to Dutch hitte (“heat”), German Hitze (“heat”), Swedish hetta (“heat”), Icelandic hiti (“heat”). Related to hot.

In classic literature

Synonyms

heat energy

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
energy
Narrower (hyponyms)
geothermal energy, latent heat, heat of dissociation, heat of solution, heat of formation, specific heat

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