heat
noun
/hit/
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/hiːt/
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[çit]
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- (uncountable) Thermal energy.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- (countable) A hot spell.
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chaleur
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- (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
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chaleur,
rut
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- (uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.
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artillerie
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- (countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
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chauffe
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- (uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
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excitation,
chaleur
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- (uncountable, slang) The police.
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flicaille
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- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
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piquant
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- (countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
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warm up
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heat
verb
/hit/
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/hiːt/
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[çit]
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- (transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
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chauffer,
réchauffer,
échauffer
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- (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
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exciter
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heating
noun
/ˈhiːtɪŋ/
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- A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
- The act of making something hot.
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chauffage
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heated
adjective
/ˈhiːtɪd/
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- Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
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avide
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- (usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.
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chaleureux
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