chaud

From Old French chaut, chalt, from Latin caldus, from calidus (“warm, hot”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃo/

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• Homophones: chauds, chaut, chaux, cheau, cheaus, cheaux, Chooz, show, shows

chaud (feminine chaude, masculine plural chauds, feminine plural chaudes)

1. warm, hot

   Attention, la poêle est chaude ! ― Be careful; the pan is hot!

2. (slang) horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity)

   Cette meuf est chaude ! ― That chick's horny as hell!

3. (slang) enthusiastic, willing, up for

   T'es sûr que tu veux y aller ? Je suis vraiment pas chaud, perso ! ― Are you sure you wanna go? I'm not really up for it, personally.

4. (slang) hard

   Ça va être chaud de finir ça d'ici demain, je crois pas que j'aurai le temps... ― Finishing that on time is gonna be hard, I don't think I'll have enough time...

5. (slang) risky, dangerous, disreputable, dodgy

   Il vaut mieux éviter cette partie de la ville, ces quartiers sont chauds. ― It's better to avoid that part of the city; those neighborhoods are sketchy.

• partant (“willing”)
• limite (“hard”), tendu

• Louisiana Creole French: cho

chaud m (plural chauds)

1. heat, warmth

chaud

1. hot

• tenir chaud

• “chaud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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chaud m (plural chauds)

1. (Jersey) stock

• caud (Languedoc)

chaud m (feminine singular chauda, masculine plural chauds, feminine plural chaudas) (Limousin)

1. warm, hot