Lukewarm

English

Etymology

From obsolete luke (“‘lukewarm’”) from Old English hlēow + warm, related to German lauwarm, Dutch lauw.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌluːkˈwɔːm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈluk.wɔɹm/, /ˌlukˈwɔɹm/

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Adjective

Lukewarm (not comparable)

Positive Lukewarm

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Temperature between warm and cool.

   Wash it in lukewarm water.

2. Not very enthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

   The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.

Synonyms

• tepid

Translations

temperature

Catalan: tebi m., tèbia f. Czech: vlažný cs(cs) Danish: lunken da(da) Dutch: lauw nl(nl) Esperanto: varmeta eo(eo) Finnish: haalea fi(fi) French: tiède fr(fr) German: lauwarm de(de) Greek: χλιαρός el(el) (chliarós) m. Guaraní: akyvy (t-) Hungarian: langyos hu(hu) Interlingua: tepide Irish: bog ga(ga) Italian: tiepido it(it) m., tiepida it(it) f.

Japanese: ぬるい ja(ja) (nurui), 生暖かい ja(ja) (nama-atatakai) Korean: 미지근한 Macedonian: млак mk(mk) (mlak) m. Norwegian: lunken no(no) Polish: chłodny pl(pl), letni pl(pl) Portuguese: morno pt(pt), tépido pt(pt) Russian: тепловатый (teplovátyj), чуть тёплый (čut’ tjóplyj) Serbian: mlako n. Spanish: tibio, m. tibia f. Swedish: ljum, ljummen Thai: อุ่นๆ (oon-oon) Turkish: ılık tr(tr) Vietnamese: ấm vi(vi), âm ấm vi(vi) Welsh: llugoer West Frisian: lij

not very enthusiastic

Catalan: tebi m., tèbia f. Dutch: lauw nl(nl), flauw nl(nl) Esperanto: indiferenta, neentuziasma Finnish: vaimea fi(fi), laimea fi(fi) French: tiède fr(fr) Greek: χλιαρός el(el) (chliarós) m. Hungarian: lagymatag hu(hu) Interlingua: tepide Italian: tiepido it(it) m., tiepida it(it) f. Japanese: 冷めた ja(ja) (sameta), 白けた ja(ja) (shiraketa), 気が進まない ja(ja) (ki ga susumanai)

Norwegian: lunken no(no) Polish: chłodny, sceptyczny, zdystansowany Portuguese: morno Russian: прохладный ru(ru) (prokhládnyj), равнодушный ru(ru) (ravnodúšnyj) Spanish: tibio, m. tibia f. Swedish: ljum, likgiltig Turkish: umursamaz tr(tr), ilgisiz tr(tr), kayıtsız tr(tr) Vietnamese: thờ ơ vi(vi), lãnh đạm vi(vi), hờ hững vi(vi)

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Indonesian: suam-suam kuku

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