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Definition 2024

heatwave

heatwave

See also: heat wave

English

Alternative forms

heat wave

Noun

heatwave ‎(plural heatwaves)

A period of very hot weather.

Translations

period of very hot weather

Arabic: مَوْجَة اَلْحَرّ f ‎(mawjat al-ḥarr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱浪 (zh), 热浪 (zh) ‎(rèlàng)
Dutch: hittegolf (nl) m
Esperanto: varmondo
Estonian: kuumalaine
Faroese: hitabylgja f
Finnish: helleaalto (fi), lämpöaalto
French: vague de chaleur (fr) f, canicule (fr) f
German: Hitzewelle (de) f
Greek: καύσωνας (el) m ‎(káfsonas)
Hebrew: גל חום m ‎(gal khóm), חמסין (he) m, שרב (he) m
Hungarian: kánikula (hu)

Icelandic: hitabylgja (is)
Indonesian: gelombang panas
Italian: ondata di caldo f
Japanese: 熱波 ‎(ねっぱ, neppa), 酷暑 (ja) ‎(こくしょ, kokusho)
Korean: 열파 (ko) ‎(yeolpa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hetebølge (no) m, f
Polish: upał (pl) m
Portuguese: onda de calor f
Russian: жара́ (ru) f ‎(žará), зной (ru) m ‎(znoj), пери́од си́льной жары́ m ‎(períod sílʹnoj žarý)
Spanish: ola de calor f, canícula (es)
Swedish: värmebölja c