calorie
pronunciation
How to pronounce calorie in British English:
UK [ˈkæləri]
How to pronounce calorie in American English:
US [ˈkæləri]
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- Noun:
- unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
Word Origin
- calorie
- calorie: see cauldron
- calorie (n.)
- 1866, from French calorie, from Latin calor (genitive caloris) "heat," from PIE *kle-os-, suffixed form of root *kele- (1) "warm" (cognates: Latin calidus "warm," calere "be hot;" Sanskrit carad- "harvest," literally "hot time;" Lithuanian silti "become warm," silus "August;" Old Norse hlær, Old English hleow "warm"). In scientific use, largely replaced 1950 by the joule. As a unit of energy, defined as "heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius" (the small or gram calorie), but also as "heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius" (the large calorie or kilocalorie).
Example
- 1. Or they worry about the fat and calorie content .
- 2. This is very telling for calorie and sugar numbers .
- 3. Choose wisely eat by color , not by calorie .
- 4. Would minutes of exercise be a better metric than calorie counts ?
- 5. Downing a glass can boost your calorie burn for a good 90 minutes .