Added 7 October 2026
hot
/hɒt/ symbol
In Latin: calidus, igneus Wiktionary
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adjective
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Relating to heat and conditions which produce it. Having or giving off a high temperature.
He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
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Having or giving off a high temperature.
He forgot that the frying pan was hot and burned his hand.
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Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
I was so hot from being in the sun too long.
adverb
verb
Origin
From Middle English hot, hoot, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“to heat; to become hot”). Cognate with Yola hoat, hoate, hote (“hot”), West Frisian hjit, hyt (“hot”), Bavarian hoaß (“hot”), Central Franconian heeß (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German heiss, heiß, heyß (“hot”), Vilamovian haas, haes, hȧś, hǡs (“hot”), Yiddish הייס (heys, “hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Faroese and Icelandic heitur (“hot”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish het (“hot”); also Lithuanian kaitra (“heat”). Related to heat.
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