English Online Dictionary. What means warm? What does warm mean?
English
Alternative forms
- warme (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɔːm/
- (US) IPA(key): /wɔɹm/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Etymology 1
From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, with different proposed origins:
- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), related to Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharma).
- Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite [script needed] (warnuzi) and to Old Church Slavonic варити (variti).
The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ- evolved in Germanic: some think that *gʷʰ would have turned to *b, and that the root *gʷʰer- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots.
Adjective
warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)
- Of a somewhat high temperature.
- Friendly and with affection.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
- (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
- (archaic, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
- (archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:warm
- See also Thesaurus:affectionate
- See also Thesaurus:difficult
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “mild temperature”): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
- (antonym(s) of “caring”): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- heated
- hot
- steamy
- temperature
- tepid
Etymology 2
From Old English wierman.
Verb
warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. [with to]
- (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- 1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
- there was a collection of all that had been written […] : I warmed my head with them.
- 1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
warm (plural warms)
- (colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch warm, from Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
warm (attributive warmer, comparative warmste, superlative warmste)
- warm
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- woare, woarm, wore, wérme
Etymology
From Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm. Cognate with German warm, Dutch warm, English warm, Icelandic varmur.
Adjective
warm
- (Formazza) warm
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Chinese
Etymology
From English warm.
Pronunciation
Adjective
warm
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, of person, environment, family) warm (caring and loving)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, of uncertain origin; derivations from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or *wer- (“to burn”) have been proposed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑr(ə)m/
- Hyphenation: warm
- Rhymes: -ɑrm
- Homophone: Warm
Adjective
warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmst)
- warm, hot
- Antonym: koud
- (meteorology, officially) 20 °C or more
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: warm
- Berbice Creole Dutch: warum
- Negerhollands: warm, werm
See also
- tropisch
- zomers
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German warm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /varm/, [vaʁm], [vaɐ̯m], [vaːm], [ʋ-]
Adjective
warm (strong nominative masculine singular warmer, comparative wärmer, superlative am wärmsten)
- warm; mildly hot
- Antonyms: kalt, kühl
- (of clothes) warm; keeping the wearer warm
- (of rental prices, chiefly adverbial or in compounds) including heating costs, water, and fees (electricity may or may not be included)
- (dated, except in warmer Bruder) gay, homosexual (mostly male)
- Synonym: schwul
Usage notes
- German warm means “warm”, but not “feeling warm”; therefore the phrase ich bin warm (literally “I am warm”) would mean that one’s body has a high temperature, particularly that one’s skin is warm on the outside. The English “I am warm” (that is: I feel warm) is equivalent to German mir ist warm (literally “to me it's warm”).
- Although warm (“gay”) is not in general use, this sense is current enough to make it advisable not to describe the relation between two men as warm (unless the implication is intended).
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “warm” in Duden online
- “warm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm.
Adjective
warm
- warm, hot
- warm, keeping the wearer warm (of clothes)
- warm (of emotions)
Inflection
Alternative forms
- wāerm
- werm
Descendants
- Dutch: warm
- Afrikaans: warm
- Limburgish: werm
- West Flemish: werm
Further reading
- “warm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “warm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- warme, werm, wearm
Etymology
From Old English wearm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /warm/, /wɛrm/
Adjective
warm (plural and weak singular warme, comparative warmer, superlative warmest)
- (temperature) warm, mildly hot
- (weather) warm, pleasant, mild
- heated, warmed
- (locations or garments) having a tendency to be warm; designed to stay warm
- Being at a healthy temperature
- enthusiastic, vigourous
Descendants
- Scots: wairm
- English: warm
References
- “warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
warm
- warmness, heat
References
- “warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warm.
Adjective
warm
- warm
Derived terms
- warmī
Descendants
- Middle High German: warm
- Alemannic German: warm
- Italian Walser: warm, woare, woarm, wore, wérme
- Bavarian: borm
- Cimbrian: barm
- Mòcheno: bòrm
- Udinese: borm, borbm, boarm
- Viennese: wårm
- Central Franconian: wärm, warm
- Hunsrik: waarem
- German: warm
- Luxembourgish: waarm
- Yiddish: וואַרעם (varem)
- Alemannic German: warm
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warm (“warm”).
Adjective
warm (comparative warmoro, superlative warmost)
- warm
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: warm
- Low German: warm
- German Low German: warm