calor

Inherited from Latin calōrem.

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

calor f

1. heat

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

From Latin calor, calōrem.

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

calor f (plural calores)

1. heat

• “calor”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: 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

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

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

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calor f (plural calors)

1. heat

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “calor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “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

• cor

Attested since circa 1300. From Latin calor, calōrem.

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

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

• caldo
• caloría
• caloroso
• quentar
• quente

• 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

From caleō (“to be warm, hot”) + -or.

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

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

Third-declension noun.

• “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

• calou (obsolete)
• chalor (Limousin)

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calor f (plural calors)

1. (Gascony, Languedoc) heat

• calorassa

• 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

Borrowed from Latin calōrem.

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

calor m (plural calores)

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

   Antonym: frio

• caloroso
• calorão

• caldo
• calefação
• escalfar
• quente

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

calor (invariable)

1. (of weather or climate) hot

   Hoje está muito calor!

   It's very hot today!

• temperatura

• “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

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

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

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.”)

• Both in Latin America and in Spain, calor is colloquially feminine. Although this use is widespread, it is proscribed by the Real Academia Española.^[1]

• “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

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