caloric

caloric

See also: calòric

English

Etymology

From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk

Adjective

caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric)

1. Relating to calories.

   caloric intake

2. Containing calories.

   Milk is a caloric beverage.

3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).

   a dry, caloric food

4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

Usage notes

• For the senses "relating to calories" and "relating to or producing heat", caloric is the usual form in the US, and calorific is the usual form in the UK.

Synonyms

• calorific (UK)

Antonyms

• noncaloric

Derived terms

• calorically
• caloric deficit
• calorific value

Noun

caloric (uncountable)

1. (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat.
   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 45:

     The fluid matter of heat, or Calorique, in which all bodies are immersed, is as necessary to vegetable as to animal existence.

   • 1799, William Henry, Elements of Experimental Chemistry

     Caloric expands all bodies.

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Interlingua

Adjective

caloric (not comparable)

1. caloric

Related terms

• caloria

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Romanian

Etymology

From French calorique.

Adjective

caloric m or n (feminine singular calorică, masculine plural calorici, feminine and neuter plural calorice)

1. caloric

Declension

Declension of caloric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	caloric		calorică	calorici	calorice
	definite	caloricul		calorica	caloricii	caloricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	caloric		calorice	calorici	calorice
	definite	caloricului		caloricei	caloricilor	caloricelor