chault
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French chaut, with the L added back to reflect the original Latin caldus.
Adjective
editchault m (feminine singular chaulde, masculine plural chaulx, feminine plural chauldes)
- hot (of a high temperature)
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- car il faisoit chault
- Because it [the ambient temperature] was hot
- angry
Noun
editchault m (uncountable)
- quality of being hot
Descendants
edit- French: chaud