adjective · rare

lukewarm

lukewarm · lukewarmer · lukewarmest

теплуватий

чуть тёплый, прохладный, равнодушный, тепловатый

lauwarm, lau

Between warm and coolBetween warm and cool.

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UK/ˌl(j)uːk.ˈwɔːm/US/ˌl(j)uk.ˈwɔɹm/

» The water is lukewarm.

Das Wasser ist lauwarm.

Вода тёплая.

Вода ледве тепла.

Meaning

2 senses

Between warm and cool.
Wash it in lukewarm water.
My curry is lukewarm.
lauwarm
теплова́тыйteplovátyj, чуть тёплыйčutʹ tjóplyj
теплуватийtepluvatyj
moderately warm
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.

Examples

18 sentences

The water is lukewarm.
Вода ледве тепла. — deniko
ruВода тёплая. — sharptoothed
deDas Wasser ist lauwarm. — Chris
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I don't like lukewarm coffee.
ruЯ не люблю еле тёплый кофе. — Selena777
deIch mag keinen lauwarmen Kaffee. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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The bathwater is only lukewarm.
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The water was lukewarm.
ruВода была еле тёплая. — Selena777
deDas Wasser war lauwarm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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The air was humid and lukewarm.
Повітря було вологе та тепле. — deniko
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

temperature:

Русский

By meaning 2

not very enthusiastic:

temperature:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

not very enthusiastic:

temperature:

Origin

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”); first element is related to Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), as in leukwater (“lukewarm water”). Compare also West Frisian lijwarm (“lukewarm”), Afrikaans louwarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German lowarm, luwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English *hlēowe (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

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