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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhit weɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-heatwave.wav , en-au-heat wave.ogg Forms: heat waves [plural], heatwave [alternative]
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  1. (idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather. Tags: idiomatic
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  2. (idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather.
    (US, weather broadcasting) Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
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  3. (idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather.
    (UK, weather broadcasting) A period of at least three consecutive days with daily high temperatures of the respective county's temperature threshold or higher.
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  4. An electromagnetic wave in the infrared spectrum.
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Translations (period of very hot weather): zagushi [feminine] (Albanian), morovinë [feminine] (Albanian), zabullinë [feminine] (Albanian), مَوْجَة اَلْحَرّ (mawjat al-ḥarr) [feminine] (Arabic), bürkü (Azerbaijani), 熱浪 /热浪 (rèlàng) (Chinese Mandarin), λάλλαρος (lállaros) [masculine] (Cypriot Greek), πύρουλλος (pýroullos) [masculine] (Cypriot Greek), vlna veder [feminine] (Czech), hedebølge [common-gender] (Danish), hittegolf [masculine] (Dutch), varmondo (Esperanto), kuumalaine (Estonian), leitsak (Estonian), hitabylgja [feminine] (Faroese), helleaalto (Finnish), lämpöaalto (Finnish), vague de chaleur [feminine] (French), canicule [feminine] (French), თბური ტალღა (tburi ṭalɣa) (Georgian), სითბური ტალღა (sitburi ṭalɣa) (Georgian), სიცხის ტალღა (sicxis ṭalɣa) (Georgian), პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba) (Georgian), ძლიერი სიცხის პერიოდი (ʒlieri sicxis ṗeriodi) (Georgian), Hitzewelle [feminine] (German), καύσωνας (káfsonas) [masculine] (Greek), גל חום (gal khóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), חמסין [masculine] (Hebrew), שרב [masculine] (Hebrew), kánikula (Hungarian), hőhullám (Hungarian), hitabylgja (Icelandic), gelombang panas (Indonesian), tonn teaspaigh [feminine] (Irish), tonn teasa [feminine] (Irish), ondata di caldo [feminine] (Italian), 熱波 (neppa) (alt: ねっぱ) (Japanese), 酷暑 (kokusho) (alt: こくしょ) (Japanese), 열파 (yeolpa) (Korean), ഉഷ്ണതരംഗം (uṣṇataraṅgaṁ) (Malayalam), hīrangi (Maori), hetebølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), موج گرما (mowj-e garmâ) (Persian), upał [masculine] (Polish), onda de calor [feminine] (Portuguese), val de căldură [neuter] (Romanian), caniculă [feminine] (Romanian), жара́ (žará) [feminine] (Russian), зной (znoj) [masculine] (Russian), пери́од си́льной жары́ (períod sílʹnoj žarý) [masculine] (Russian), उष्मातरङ्ग (uṣmātaraṅga) (Sanskrit), ola de calor [feminine] (Spanish), vaharada calórica [feminine] (Spanish), vaharada térmica [feminine] (Spanish), vaharada calorífica [feminine] (Spanish), wimbijoto (Swahili), värmebölja [common-gender] (Swedish), спе́ка (spéka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sóng nhiệt (Vietnamese), poethdon [feminine] (Welsh)
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      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "zagushi"
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      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
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      "roman": "mawjat al-ḥarr",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "bürkü"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "rèlàng",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "熱浪 /热浪"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlna veder"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "hedebølge"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hittegolf"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "varmondo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "kuumalaine"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "leitsak"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hitabylgja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "helleaalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "lämpöaalto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vague de chaleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "tburi ṭalɣa",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "თბური ტალღა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "sitburi ṭalɣa",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "სითბური ტალღა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "sicxis ṭalɣa",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "სიცხის ტალღა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "ṗaṗanakeba",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "პაპანაქება"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "ʒlieri sicxis ṗeriodi",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "ძლიერი სიცხის პერიოდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hitzewelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "káfsonas",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καύσωνας"
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      "code": "el-cyp",
      "lang": "Cypriot Greek",
      "lang_code": "el-cyp",
      "roman": "lállaros",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "λάλλαρος"
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      "code": "el-cyp",
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      "lang_code": "el-cyp",
      "roman": "pýroullos",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "gal khóm",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גל חום"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חמסין"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "שרב"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "kánikula"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "hőhullám"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "hitabylgja"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "gelombang panas"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonn teaspaigh"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonn teasa"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ondata di caldo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねっぱ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "neppa",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "熱波"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こくしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kokusho",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "酷暑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "yeolpa",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "열파"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "lang_code": "ml",
      "roman": "uṣṇataraṅgaṁ",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "ഉഷ്ണതരംഗം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "hīrangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hetebølge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "mowj-e garmâ",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "موج گرما"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onda de calor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "val de căldură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caniculă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "žará",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жара́"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "znoj",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зной"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "períod sílʹnoj žarý",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пери́од си́льной жары́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "lang_code": "sa",
      "roman": "uṣmātaraṅga",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "उष्मातरङ्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ola de calor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaharada calórica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaharada térmica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaharada calorífica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "wimbijoto"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
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      ],
      "word": "värmebölja"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "spéka",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спе́ка"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "period of very hot weather",
      "word": "sóng nhiệt"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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