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gwres

Pronunciation: /ɡwreːs/

“gwres” is a Welsh word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. heat, warmth
  2. temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwres, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos. See also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रं॒स (ghraṃsá, “heat of the sun”); also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.

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