torrid

torrid

English

Etymology

From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹɪd/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒɹɪd/

Adjective

torrid (comparative torrider, superlative torridest)

1. Very hot and dry.
2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

   a torrid love scene in a film or novel

3. Full of difficulty.

Derived terms

• torrid zone

Translations

very hot and dry

Finnish: polttava (fi), paahtava (fi), tulinen (fi) French: torride (fr) Georgian: პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba) Hungarian: perzselő (hu), tűző Maori: tūmārōhoehoe, tūmārōhoehoe

Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m Russian: паля́щий (ru) (paljáščij) Spanish: torrido m Tagalog: maalingiing

full of intense emotions...

Finnish: palava (fi), intohimoinen (fi), kiihkeä (fi) French: torride (fr) Hungarian: perzselő (hu), forró (hu)

Portuguese: tórrido (pt) m Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij) Spanish: torrido m

full of difficulty

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrɪd/

Verb

torrid

1. (literary) imperfect/conditional impersonal of torri

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
torrid	dorrid	nhorrid	thorrid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.