caloric

== English == === Etymology === From calorie +‎ -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈlɒɹɪk/, /ˈkæləɹɪk/ Rhymes: -ɒɹɪk === Adjective === caloric (comparative more caloric, superlative most caloric) Relating to calories. Containing calories. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”). ==== Usage notes ==== For the senses "relating to calories" and "relating to or producing heat", caloric is the usual form in the US, and calorific is the usual form in the UK. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === caloric (uncountable) (historical) The hypothetical medium of heat. == Interlingua == === Adjective === caloric (not comparable) caloric ==== Related terms ==== caloria == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French calorique. By surface analysis, calorie +‎ -ic. === Adjective === caloric m or n (feminine singular calorică, masculine plural calorici, feminine/neuter plural calorice) caloric ==== Declension ====