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