"swelter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswɛl.tə/ [UK], /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-swelter.ogg , en-au-swelter.ogg Forms: swelters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swelteren}} Middle English swelteren, {{inh|en|enm|swelten||to die; faint}} Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), {{inh|en|ang|sweltan||to die}} Old English sweltan (“to die”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sweltan}} Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sweltaną||to die}} Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*swel-||to smolder; burn}} Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), {{suf|en|swelt|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} swelt + -er (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} swelter (plural swelters)
  1. Intense heat. Categories (topical): Temperature Derived forms: sultry, sweltery, sweltry Translations (intense heat): bürkü (Azerbaijani), жега (žega) [feminine] (Bulgarian), зной (znoj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xafogor [feminine] (Catalan), helle (Finnish), canicule [feminine] (French), Hitzewelle [feminine] (German), svelme (Latvian), жара́ (žará) [feminine] (Russian), зной (znoj) [masculine] (Russian), bochorno (Spanish), flama (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-noun-VRcWUZPR Disambiguation of Temperature: 100 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sulter [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈswɛl.tə/ [UK], /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-swelter.ogg , en-au-swelter.ogg Forms: swelters [present, singular, third-person], sweltering [participle, present], sweltered [participle, past], sweltered [past]
Rhymes: -ɛltə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swelteren}} Middle English swelteren, {{inh|en|enm|swelten||to die; faint}} Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), {{inh|en|ang|sweltan||to die}} Old English sweltan (“to die”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sweltan}} Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sweltaną||to die}} Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*swel-||to smolder; burn}} Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), {{suf|en|swelt|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} swelt + -er (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
  1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: burn up, steam, stew Translations (To suffer terribly from intense heat): sufoki (Esperanto), läkähtyä (Finnish), étouffer (French), 茹だる (udaru) (Japanese), swelten (Middle English), изнемогать от зноя (iznemogatʹ ot znoja) (Russian), жариться (žaritʹsja) [informal] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-verb-V59CFfUF Disambiguation of 'To suffer terribly from intense heat': 89 8 3
  2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: sweat buckets, sweat like a pig Translations (To perspire greatly from heat): stark schwitzen (German), suar em bicas (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-verb-eSTral9p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 45 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 20 17 38 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 11 59 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 48 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 9 58 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 21 16 47 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 20 45 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 16 47 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 12 56 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 15 51 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 15 51 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 13 54 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 12 56 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 21 16 47 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 16 16 43 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 16 47 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 12 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 11 59 13 Disambiguation of 'To perspire greatly from heat': 9 87 5
  3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat. Tags: transitive Synonyms: sweb, swelt
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-verb-BiBCVE-o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sulter [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "sufoki"
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      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "läkähtyä"
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      "word": "étouffer"
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      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "茹だる"
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      "word": "изнемогать от зноя"
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      "word": "stark schwitzen"
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      "word": "suar em bicas"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "bürkü"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "žega",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "жега"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "xafogor"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "helle"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "canicule"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hitzewelle"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "svelme"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žará",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "жара́"
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      "sense": "intense heat",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "bochorno"
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      "word": "flama"
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