# calor
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin calōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈlo(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -o(ɾ)
* Syllabification: ca‧lor

### Noun

calor f
* 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: /kaˈloɾ/ [kaˈloɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: ca‧lor

### Noun

calor f (plural calores)
* heat

#### Derived terms

* caloriegu
* calecer
* calorientu
* calorosu
* acalorar
* encalorar

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kaˈloɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

calor f (plural calors)
* 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, 2025
* “calor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* cor

### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin calor, calōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈloɾ/ [kɑˈloɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: ca‧lor

### Noun

calor f (plural calores)
* 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 cousasfrom moisture and heat all things grow

#### Related terms

* caldo
* caloría
* caloroso
* quentar
* quente

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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 (“I am warm, hot; glow”) +‎ -or.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈka.lor/, [ˈkäɫ̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.lor/, [ˈkäːlor]

### Noun

calor m (genitive calōris); third declension
* warmth, heat; glow
    Synonyms: caldor, vapor, ardor
* heat of passion, zeal, ardour
    Synonyms: studium, cupīdō, impetus, appetītus, vehementia, alacritās
* fire of love, ardent love

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### 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

* Aromanian: cãloari, cãroari
* Asturian: calor
* Catalan: calor
* English: calorie
* Franco-Provençal: chalor
* Old French: chalor, calor, calur
** French: chaleur
** Angevin: chalour
** Gallo: chalour
** Lorrain: tchalour
** Norman: caleur
** Picard: caleur
** Walloon: tchåleur
* Friulian: calôr
* → Galician: calor
* → Indonesian: kalor
* Italian: calore, calura
* Megleno-Romanian: căloari
* Norman: chaleu (Jersey)
* Occitan: calor, chalor
* Piedmontese: calor
* → Portuguese: calor (see there for further descendants)
* Romansch: chalur
* Sardinian: calore
* Sicilian: caluri, calura
* Spanish: calor
* Venetan: całor
* Walloon: tcholeur

### 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, 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:(file)

### Noun

calor f (plural calors)
* (Gascony, Languedoc) heat

#### Derived terms

* far calor

#### Related terms

* calorassa

### References

* Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 42.
* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 114.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaˈloɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈloʁ/ [kaˈloχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈloɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈloɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈloɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlo.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
* Hyphenation: ca‧lor

### Noun

calor m (plural calores)
* (uncountable, thermodynamics) heat
* 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

### Adjective

calor (invariable)
* (of weather or climate) hot
    Hoje está muito calor!It's very hot today!

#### See also

* temperatura

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈloɾ/ [kaˈloɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧lor

### Noun

calor m or (colloquial in Latin America) f (plural calores)
* (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

* In Latin America, 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

### References

* ↑ “calor”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “calor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

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