"caloric" meaning in English

See caloric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caloric.wav Forms: more caloric [comparative], most caloric [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|calorie|-ic}} calorie + -ic, {{der|en|fr|calorique}} French calorique, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)
  1. Relating to calories. Translations (relating to calories): kalorinen (Finnish)
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  2. Containing calories. Translations (containing calories): kaloripitoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-2-qsfSiA Disambiguation of 'containing calories': 11 82 5 1
  3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). Synonyms: calorific [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (high in calories and thus likely fattening — see also calorific): runsaskalorinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-fw0jF4hx Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 33 39 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 19 10 31 37 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 6 32 36 3 Disambiguation of 'high in calories and thus likely fattening — see also calorific': 11 11 65 13
  4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”). Categories (topical): Energy Synonyms: calorific [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-adj-LZb4KBDM Disambiguation of Energy: 0 0 18 82 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 33 39 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 19 10 31 37 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 6 32 36 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 11 25 35 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 8 25 38 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 6 22 46 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 8 25 42 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: calorific [UK] Coordinate_terms: endothermic, exothermic, thermodynamic

Noun

IPA: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caloric.wav
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk Etymology: From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|calorie|-ic}} calorie + -ic, {{der|en|fr|calorique}} French calorique, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} caloric (uncountable)
  1. (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Obsolete scientific theories
    Sense id: en-caloric-en-noun-en:Obsolete_heat

Alternative forms

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