chaud

From Old French chaut, from Latin cal(i)dus.

• 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

   Coordinate terms: froid, tiède

   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

   Near-synonym: partant

   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

   Near-synonyms: tendu, limite

   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.

• Louisiana Creole: cho

chaud m (plural chauds)

1. heat, warmth

• “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

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

1. (Limousin) Alternative form of caud (“warm, hot”)