calorific

From French calorifique or Latin calorificus, from calor + -i- + -ficus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæləˈɹɪf.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

calorific (comparative more calorific, superlative most calorific)

1. Relating to calories.
2. (physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy.

   Antonym: frigorific

3. (US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening.

• 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.

• caloric (US, Canada)

Borrowed from French calorifique, from Latin calorificus.

calorific m or n (feminine singular calorifică, masculine plural calorifici, feminine and neuter plural calorifice)

1. calorific