"calorie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæləɹi/ Audio: En-us-calorie.ogg [US] Forms: calories [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|calorie}} French calorie, {{der|en|la|calor}} Latin calor Head templates: {{en-noun}} calorie (plural calories)
  1. (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, about 4.2 kilojoules. Categories (topical): Nutrition
    Sense id: en-calorie-en-noun-Oe6iN8HF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 52 48
  2. (physical chemistry, physics, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C. Tags: obsolete, physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Physics Translations (amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C): سُعْر (suʕr) [masculine] (Arabic), سُعْرَة (suʕra) [feminine] (Arabic), وَحْدَة حَرَارِيَّة (waḥda ḥarāriyya) [feminine] (Arabic), كَالُورِي (kaluri) [masculine] (Arabic), կալորիա (kaloria) (Armenian), kaloriya (Azerbaijani), кало́рия (kalórija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), caloria [feminine] (Catalan), 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), (kǎ) [abbreviation] (Chinese Mandarin), kalorie [feminine] (Czech), kalorie (Danish), calorie [feminine] (Dutch), kalorio (Esperanto), kalori (Finnish), calorie [feminine] (French), caloría [feminine] (Galician), კალორია (ḳaloria) (Georgian), Kalorie [feminine] (German), θερμίδα (thermída) [feminine] (Greek), ikehuʻā (Hawaiian), कैलोरी (kailorī) (Hindi), kalória (Hungarian), kaloría [feminine] (Icelandic), kalorio (Ido), kalori (Indonesian), calra [masculine] (Irish), caloria [feminine] (Italian), カロリー (karorī) (Japanese), កាឡូរី (kaalourii) (Khmer), 칼로리 (kallori) (Korean), калория (kaloriya) (Kyrgyz), kalorija [feminine] (Maltese), karori (Maori), chʼiyáán bibee adziil (Navajo), kalori [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalori [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), caloria [feminine] (Occitan), کالری (kâlori) (Persian), kaloria [feminine] (Polish), caloria [feminine] (Portuguese), calorie [feminine] (Romanian), кало́рия (kalórija) [feminine] (Russian), calaraidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), калорија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kalorija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), caloría [feminine] (Spanish), kalori [common-gender] (Swedish), sambilang-init (Tagalog), แคลอรี (kae-lor-rêe) (Thai), kalori (Turkish), калорія (kalorija) (Ukrainian), calo (Vietnamese), calori (Welsh), kálórì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-calorie-en-noun-UDft4oYi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Units of energy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Units of energy: 52 48 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: calory [dated] Related terms: caldera, cauldron, chalorous, chowder, nonchalant, scald
Derived forms: 15° calorie, 20° calorie, 4° calorie, caloric [US], calorie bomb, calorie-conscious, calorie deficit, calorie-ful, calorific [British], calorific value, empty calorie, food calorie, gram calorie, high-calorie (english: noun modifier), kilogram calorie, large calorie, low-calorie (english: noun modifier), mean calorie, megacalorie, microcalorie, small calorie, thermochemical calorie

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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
      "word": "კალორია"
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
      "word": "chʼiyáán bibee adziil"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kaloria"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "caloria"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кало́рия"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C",
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