hot

CEFRA1

/hɒt/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a high temperature or causing a feeling of heat.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

Examples

  • It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

  • They'll need an adequate supply of hot water.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Having or giving off a high temperature.

  2. Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

  3. Feverish; feeling a high fever.

More examples

In context

  • It is very hot today.

  • He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.

  • It is hotter in summer than in winter.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß, heiss (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish het (“hot”), Faroese and Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Related to heat. Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).