chaud

French

Etymology

From Old French chaut, from Latin cal(i)dus.

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: chauds, chaut, chaux, cheau, cheaus/cheaux, Chooz, show, shows

Adjective

chaud (feminine chaude, masculine plural chauds, feminine plural chaudes)

1. warm, hot

   Coordinate terms: froid, tiède

   Attention, la poêle est chaude ! ― Be careful; the pan is hot!

2. (of female animals) on heat
4. (slang) horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity)

   un chaud lapin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. (slang) sexually attractive, sexy, hot

   Synonym: canon

   Cette meuf est chaude ! ― That chick's hot as hell!

8. (slang) enthusiastic, willing, up for [with de]

   Near-synonyms: partant, prêt

   T'es sûr que tu veux y aller ? Je suis vraiment pas chaud, perso ! ― Are you sure you wanna go? I'm not really up for it, personally.

9. (slang) hard, difficult

   Near-synonyms: tendu, limite; dur, compliqué

   Ça va être chaud de finir ça d'ici demain, je crois pas que j'aurai le temps... ― Finishing that on time is gonna be hard, I don't think I'll have enough time...

10. (slang) risky; dangerous; disreputable; dodgy

    Il vaut mieux éviter cette partie de la ville, ces quartiers sont chauds. ― It's better to avoid that part of the city; those neighborhoods are sketchy.

11. (Canada, colloquial) drunk

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ivre

    être complètement chaud

    to be completely drunk

Usage notes

For adjective sense 5, the feminine forms won't often be used to avoid confusion with adjective sense 4, the latter being most often used to describe women, a woman may thus be seen saying “je suis chaud de...”.

Derived terms

• à chaud
• à sang chaud
• battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud
• chaud bouillant
• chaud comme la braise
• chaud comme une baraque à frites
• chaud lapin
• chaud-froid
• chaude lapine
• chaudement
• chien chaud
• chocolat chaud
• faire des gorges chaudes
• ne pas avoir inventé l'eau chaude
• patate chaude
• pleurer à chaudes larmes
• point chaud
• quartier chaud
• source chaude
• souris chaude

Descendants

• Guianese Creole: cho
• Haitian Creole: cho
• Louisiana Creole: cho
• Mauritian Creole: so
• Réunion Creole French: so

Noun

chaud m (plural chauds)

1. heat, warmth

Derived terms

• avoir chaud
• faire chaud
• ne faire ni chaud ni froid
• souffler le chaud et le froid
• tenir chaud

Related terms

• chaleur
• chaudière
• chaudron
• chauffage
• chauffer
• échauder
• échauffer

Further reading

• “chaud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Lorrain

Alternative forms

• tchaud

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chaut.

Adjective

chaud

1. hot

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

chaud m (plural chauds)

1. (Jersey) stock

Occitan

Adjective

chaud m (feminine singular chauda, masculine plural chauds, feminine plural chaudas)

1. (Limousin) alternative form of caud (“warm, hot”)

Derived terms

• chaudament