warm

CEFRA1

/wɔːm/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a fairly high temperature.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Friendly, kind, or enthusiastic.

Examples

  • Come in and warm yourself by the fire.

  • You're starting to warm up now.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /waːm/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Friendly and with affection.

  2. Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To make or become warmer.

More examples

In context

  • The air became warm.

  • The tea is still warm.

  • This is a very warm room.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from one of: * Proto-Indo-European *wór-mo-s, from *wer- (“to burn”), which is related to Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (warāni, “to burn”), Armenian վառել (vaṙel, “to burn, heat, warm”), Old Church Slavonic варити (variti, “to cook, boil”). * Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰor-mo-s, from the root *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), in which case cognate with Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós) (making perhaps a distant doublet of thermos), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá). In any case cognate within Germanic to West Frisian waarm, Saterland Frisian woorm, Dutch warm, German warm, Swedish varm, Icelandic varmu...