calorifero

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorifère (“heater, radiator”), adaptation made using Latin calor (“warmth, heat; glow”) + -fer (“-bearing, -carrying, -bringing”). By surface analysis, from calori- +‎ -fero.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.loˈri.fe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ifero
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧rì‧fe‧ro

Noun

calorifero m (plural caloriferi)

  1. radiator (household radiator)
    Synonyms: termosifone, radiatore

Further reading
  • calorifero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • calorifero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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