heating

English

Etymology

From heat + -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːtɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ

Noun

heating (countable and uncountable, plural heatings)

1. A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

   We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter.

2. The act of making something hot.

   The crucible was subjected to several heatings.

   • 1913, The Mineral Industry, volume 21, page 849:

     After repeated swagings and heatings […]

Hyponyms

• baseboard heating
• central heating
• dielectric heating
• district heating
• floor heating
• global heating
• induction heating
• isobaric heating
• Joule heating
• space heating
• steam heating
• tidal heating
• underfloor heating

Derived terms

• heating element
• heating engineer
• heating mantle
• heating oil
• heating pad
• heating surface
• house-heating
• photoheating
• teleheating

Translations

system

• Albanian: ngrohje (sq) f
• Arabic: تَدْفِئَة f (tadfiʔa)
• Armenian: ջեռուցում (hy) (ǰeṙucʻum)
• Azerbaijani: isitmə
• Belarusian: ацяпле́нне n (acjapljénnje)
• Bulgarian: отопле́ние n (otoplénie)
• Catalan: calefacció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暖氣 / 暖气 (zh) (nuǎnqì), 加熱 / 加热 (zh) (jiārè)

• Czech: topení (cs) n
• Danish: opvarmning c
• Dutch: verwarming (nl) f
• Esperanto: hejtado
• Estonian: küte
• Faroese: hitamiðstøð f, upphiting f
• Finnish: lämmitys (fi), lämmitysjärjestelmä
• French: chauffage (fr) m
• Galician: calefacción (gl) f
• Georgian: გათბობა (gatboba)
• German: Heizung (de) f
• Greek: καλοριφέρ (el) n (kalorifér)
• Hindi: हीटिंग (hīṭiṅg)
• Hungarian: fűtés (hu)
• Icelandic: upphitun f, miðstöð f
• Italian: riscaldamento (it) m
• Japanese: 暖房 (ja) (だんぼう, danbō)
• Kazakh: жылыту (jılıtuw)
• Korean: 난방(暖房) (ko) (nanbang)
• Kyrgyz: жылытуу (ky) (jılıtuu)
• Latvian: apkure f
• Lithuanian: šildymas m
• Macedonian: греење n (greenje), затоплување n (zatopluvanje)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: халаалт (xalaalt), халаагуур (mn) (xalaaguur), дулаамж (mn) (dulaamž) (China)

  Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠ (qalaɣalta), ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠷ (qalagaɣur), ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮᠵᠢ (dulaɣamǰi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvarming m or f

  Nynorsk: oppvarming f

• Occitan: caufatge (oc) m
• Persian: گرمایش (fa) (garmâyeš)
• Polish: ogrzewanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: calefação (pt) f
• Romanian: încălzire (ro) f
• Russian: отопле́ние (ru) n (otoplénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: teasachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грејање n, гријање n

  Latin: grejanje (sh) n, grijanje (sh) n

• Slovak: kúrenie n
• Slovene: ogrevanje n
• Spanish: calefacción (es) f
• Swedish: uppvärmning (sv) c
• Tajik: гармкунӣ (garmkuni)
• Turkish: ısıtma (tr)
• Ukrainian: опа́лення n (opálennja)
• Uzbek: isitkich (uz)
• Yiddish: הייצונג f (heytsung)

act

• Bulgarian: нагряване (nagrjavane), подгряване (podgrjavane)
• Catalan: escalfament (ca) m
• Czech: ohřev m
• Esperanto: hejtado
• Finnish: lämmittäminen (fi), kuumennus
• French: chauffage (fr) m

  Old French: eschauffement m

• Georgian: გათბობა (gatboba), გაცხელება (gacxeleba), გახურება (gaxureba), გავარვარება (gavarvareba)
• Spanish: calentamiento (es) m

Adjective

heating (comparative more heating, superlative most heating)

1. Causing heat.

Derived terms

• heatingly
• self-heating

Translations

causing heat

• Bulgarian: загряващ (bg) (zagrjavašt), отоплителен (otoplitelen)
• Dutch: verwarmend (nl)
• Finnish: lämmittävä (fi)
• French: chauffant (fr) m
• German: erhitzend (de)
• Italian: riscaldante (it), scaldante (it)
• Macedonian: греен m (green), загревачки m (zagrevački), затоплувачки m (zatopluvački)
• Persian: گرمایش (fa)

Verb

heating

1. present participle and gerund of heat

Anagrams

• gahnite, gaineth, haeting