varmo

Esperanto

Etymology

• From English warmth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvarmo/
• Hyphenation: var‧mo

Noun

varmo (accusative varmon)

1. warmth (temperature), heat

   Post la longa, malvarmega vintro, ĉiu de ni antaŭĝojis la varmon de printempo.

   After the long, frigid winter, each of us looked forward to the warmth of spring.

Antonyms

• malvarmo, (poetic, neologism) frido (“cold”)

Related terms

• varma (“warm, hot”)
• varme (“warmly, hotly”)
• varmeco (“warmness, hotness”)
• varmi (“to be warm, to be hot”)

Usage notes

Varmo is used only in relation to the temperature; it is never used figuratively in English to denote kindness. This sense of the English word warmth is conveyed by korinklino (fondness), afableco (friendliness, affability), or gastameco (hospitality).