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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.1.5 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 2 German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Antonyms 2.4 Related terms 2.5 Compounds 3 Old High German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
escape	Mr	shot	#927: warm	sufficient	conduct	directly

[ Pronunciation

• (RP): IPA: /wɔːm/
• (US): IPA: /wɔːrm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[ Etymology 1

Old English wearm

[ Adjective

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)

1. Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; a mild temperature.

   The tea is still warm.

2. Being something that causes warmth, or the impression thereof.

   This is a very warm room.

3. Caring, of relations to another person.

   We have a warm friendship.

   • 1985: Robert Ferro, Blue Star

     It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young.

4. (archaic) Ardent, zealous.
   • 1776: Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 1

     To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.

[ Synonyms

see WikiSaurus:warm

[ Antonyms

• (mild temperature): arctic, cold, cool, frozen
• (caring): arctic, cool, frozen

[ Derived terms

• warmly adv
• warm up / warm-up

[ Translations

having a temperature slightly higher than usual

Arabic: دافئ Armenian: ջերմ Breton: tomm Croatian: topao m., topla f., toplo n. Czech: teplý cs(cs) Danish: varm da(da), lun da(da) Dutch: warm nl(nl) Finnish: lämmin, lämpöinen French: chaud fr(fr) m., chaude fr(fr) f. German: warm de(de) Guarani: aku (h-) Hebrew: חמים (he) (khamím) m., חמימה (he) (khamimá) f. Hungarian: meleg hu(hu) Indonesian: hangat id(id) Interlingua: calide, calorose Irish: te ga(ga)

Italian: caldo it(it) Japanese: 暖かい (あたたかい, atatakai) Mandarin: 暖和 nuǎnhuó Persian: گرم (garm) Polish: ciepły pl(pl) m. Portuguese: quente m. & f. Romanian: cald m., caldă f. Russian: тёплый ru(ru) (tyoply) Scottish Gaelic: blàth Slovak: teplý sk(sk) Slovene: topel m., topla f., toplo n. Spanish: caliente es(es) Telugu: వెచ్చని (veccani) Thai: อุ่น (oon) Tupinambá: akub (s-)

being something that causes warmth

Breton: tomm, klouar Croatian: topao m., topla f., toplo n. Czech: teplý cs(cs) Danish: varm da(da) Dutch: warm nl(nl) Finnish: lämmin fi(fi) French: chaleureux fr(fr) m., chaleureuse fr(fr) f., cordial fr(fr) m., cordiale fr(fr) f. Hebrew: חמים (he) (khamím) m., חמימה (he) (khamimá) f. Indonesian: hangat id(id) Interlingua: cordial

Irish: te ga(ga) Italian: caldo it(it), caloroso it(it), cordiale it(it) Japanese: 暖かい (あたたかい, atatakai), 温かい (atatakai) Polish: ciepły pl(pl) m. Portuguese: caloroso m., cordial m. & f. Romanian: cald m., caldă f. Russian: тёплый ru(ru) (tyoply) Scottish Gaelic: blàth Slovak: teplý sk(sk) Telugu: వెచ్చని (veccani)

caring, of relation to another person

Croatian: topao m., topla f., toplo n. Danish: varm da(da) Dutch: warm nl(nl) Finnish: lämmin fi(fi) German: warmherzig, fürsorglich Hebrew: חם (he) (khám) m., חמה (he) (khamá) f.

Italian: caloroso it(it) Japanese: 温かい (atatakai) Malayalam: ഊഷ്മളം (ooshmaLam) Polish: ciepły pl(pl) Romanian: apropiat m., apropiată f. Telugu: సాదరంగా, సాదరమైన (saadaraMgaa, saadaramaina)

ardent, zealous

Croatian: žarki m., žarka f., žarko n. Finnish: palava fi(fi) French: enflammé fr(fr) m., enflammée fr(fr) f.

Italian: ardente it(it) Polish: żarliwy

[ Related terms

• heated
• hot
• steamy
• temperature
• lukewarm
• tepid
• warmish

[ Etymology 2

Old English werman

[ Verb

Infinitive to warm

Third person singular warms

Simple past warmed

Past participle warmed

Present participle warming

to warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)

1. To make or keep warm.
2. To increasingly favour.

   He is warming to the idea.

   Her classmates are gradually warming to her.

[ Translations

to make or keep warm

Croatian: grijati Danish: varme, opvarme, holde varm Finnish: lämmittää fi(fi), lämmitellä fi(fi) German: wärmen Hebrew: חימם (he) (khimém) Italian: riscaldare it(it), scaldare it(it)

Japanese: 暖める (atatameru), 温める (atatameru) Lithuanian: šildyti Polish: ogrzewać Romanian: a încălzi Slovenian: greti, ogreti, segreti Spanish: calentar es(es)

to increasingly favour

Danish: blive interesseret i Finnish: lämmetä fi(fi) Hebrew: נפתח (he) (niftákh) (literally: To open up)

Italian: accostarsi a, affezionarsi a Japanese: 温める (atatameru)

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[ German

[ Etymology

Old High German warm

[ Pronunciation

•  audio (Austria)^{help, file}

[ Adjective

warm (comparative: wärmer, superlative: am wärmsten)

1. warm, hot

[ Antonyms

• kalt, kühl

[ Related terms

• Wärme
• wärmen
• Wärmer

[ Compounds

• Warmbad
• Warmblüter
• Wärmeenergie
• Warmwasser
• erwärmen
• aufwärmen
• anwärmen
• lauwarm
• brühwarm
• zimmerwarm

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[ Old High German

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *warmaz, whence also Old English wearm, Old Norse varmr

[ Adjective

warm

1. warm