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calid

Pronunciation: /ˈkælɪd/

The English word “calid” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

  1. Warm, hot.

Etymology

From Latin calidus (“hot”), from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”) + -idus, from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. Cognate with Italian calido (“hot”), French chaud (“warm, hot”), Portuguese cálido (“warm”), and Spanish cálido (“warm”).

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