växelvarm
Swedish
editEtymology
editväxla (“switch, change”) + varm (“warm”)
Adjective
editväxelvarm (not comparable)
- (zoology) ectothermic
- Synonym: (informal) kallblodig
- Antonym: jämnvarm (“endothermic”)
Declension
edit| Inflection of växelvarm | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | växelvarm | — | — |
| Neuter singular | växelvarmt | — | — |
| Plural | växelvarma | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | växelvarme | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | växelvarme | — | — |
| All | växelvarma | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||