calorie

English

Alternative forms

• calory (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæləɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

calorie (plural calories)

1. (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, about 4.2 kilojoules.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry:

     Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.

   • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:

     Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

2. (physical chemistry, physics, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.

Usage notes

• Most scientific studies are now carried out using the joule (an SI unit).
• In nutritional contexts the term calorie refers to the kilogram calorie and the term kilocalorie refers to 1000 gram calories. Thus the two terms are equivalent.
• Calorie counters, such as those on fitness bikes, use the first, more modern, definition.
• European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie.

Derived terms

• 15° calorie
• 20° calorie
• 4° calorie
• calorics
• caloric (US)
• calorie bomb
• calorie-conscious
• calorie deficit
• calorie-ful
• calorieless
• calorie-restricted
• calorific (British)
• calorific value
• calorimetre
• calorize
• empty calorie
• food calorie
• gram calorie
• high-calorie (noun modifier)
• kilogram calorie
• large calorie
• low-calorie (noun modifier)
• mean calorie
• megacalorie
• microcalorie
• millicalorie
• small calorie
• thermochemical calorie

 

Related terms

• caldera
• cauldron
• chalorous
• chowder
• nonchalant
• scald

 

Translations

amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C

• Arabic: سُعْر m (suʕr), سُعْرَة f (suʕra), وَحْدَة حَرَارِيَّة f (waḥda ḥarāriyya), كَالُورِي m (kaluri)
• Armenian: կալորիա (hy) (kaloria)
• Azerbaijani: kaloriya
• Bulgarian: кало́рия f (kalórija)
• Catalan: caloria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡路里 (zh) (kǎlùlǐ), (abbreviation) 卡 (zh) (kǎ)

• Czech: kalorie (cs) f
• Danish: kalorie
• Dutch: calorie (nl) f
• Esperanto: kalorio
• Finnish: kalori (fi)
• French: calorie (fr) f
• Galician: caloría f
• Georgian: კალორია (ḳaloria)
• German: Kalorie (de) f
• Greek: θερμίδα (el) f (thermída)
• Hawaiian: ikehuʻā
• Hindi: कैलोरी (kailorī)
• Hungarian: kalória (hu)
• Icelandic: kaloría (is) f
• Ido: kalorio (io)
• Indonesian: kalori (id)
• Irish: calra m
• Italian: caloria (it) f
• Japanese: カロリー (ja) (karorī)
• Khmer: កាឡូរី (km) (kaalourii)
• Korean: 칼로리 (ko) (kallori)
• Kyrgyz: калория (ky) (kaloriya)
• Maltese: kalorija f
• Maori: karori
• Navajo: chʼiyáán bibee adziil
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kalori (no) m

  Nynorsk: kalori m

• Occitan: caloria (oc) f
• Persian: کالری (fa) (kâlori)
• Polish: kaloria (pl) f
• Portuguese: caloria (pt) f
• Romanian: calorie (ro) f
• Russian: кало́рия (ru) f (kalórija)
• Scottish Gaelic: calaraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian: калорија f, kalorija (sh) f
• Spanish: caloría (es) f
• Swahili: kalori
• Swedish: kalori (sv) c
• Tagalog: sambilang-init
• Thai: แคลอรี (th) (kae-lor-rêe)
• Turkish: kalori (tr)
• Ukrainian: калорія (uk) (kalorija)
• Vietnamese: calo (vi)
• Welsh: calori
• Yoruba: kálórì

Anagrams

• Coralie, cariole, coalier, loricae

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑloːˈri/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

calorie f (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje n)

1. calorie

Derived terms

• calorisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kalori

French

Etymology

1845, formed from Latin calor + -ie. Cf. also French chaleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lɔ.ʁi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

calorie f (plural calories)

1. calorie

Descendants

• → Romanian: calorie
• → Turkish: kalori

Further reading

• “calorie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Coralie

Italian

Noun

calorie f

1. plural of caloria

Anagrams

• colerai, coriale

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie.

Noun

calorie f (plural calorii)

1. calorie

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	calorie	caloria		calorii	caloriile
genitive-dative	calorii	caloriei		calorii	caloriilor
vocative	calorie, calorio			caloriilor