"swelter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswɛl.tə/ [UK], /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-swelter.ogg [US], en-au-swelter.ogg [Australia] 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). More at swelt. 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”), {{suffix|en|swelt|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} swelt + -er (frequentative suffix), {{l|en|swelt}} swelt 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: 65 7 19 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 18 16 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 15 14 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 43 17 17 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sulter [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈswɛl.tə/ [UK], /ˈswɛl.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-swelter.ogg [US], en-au-swelter.ogg [Australia] 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). More at swelt. 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”), {{suffix|en|swelt|er|pos2=frequentative suffix}} swelt + -er (frequentative suffix), {{l|en|swelt}} swelt 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 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': 91 7 3
  2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat. Tags: intransitive Translations (To perspire greatly from heat): stark schwitzen (German), suar em bicas (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-verb-eSTral9p Disambiguation of 'To perspire greatly from heat': 9 88 3
  3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-swelter-en-verb-BiBCVE-o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sulter [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To suffer terribly from intense heat."
      ],
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          "heat"
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        "(intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat."
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To perspire greatly from heat."
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        "(intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat."
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        }
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        "To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat."
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        "(transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat."
      ],
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        "US"
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      "word": "sulter"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "sufoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "läkähtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "étouffer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "udaru",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "茹だる"
    },
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      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "swelten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iznemogatʹ ot znoja",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "word": "изнемогать от зноя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žaritʹsja",
      "sense": "To suffer terribly from intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "жариться"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To perspire greatly from heat",
      "word": "stark schwitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To perspire greatly from heat",
      "word": "suar em bicas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swelter"
}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "word": "sulter"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "bürkü"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žega",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жега"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znoj",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зной"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xafogor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "helle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canicule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hitzewelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "svelme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žará",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жара́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znoj",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зной"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "bochorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intense heat",
      "word": "flama"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swelter"
}

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