Mot du jour: chaleur (heat)

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

chaleur /ʃalœʀ/

1. feminine noun
   1. heat;
      warmth;
      coup de ~ heat stroke;
      ~ animale body heat;
   2. (of person, welcome, colour) warmth;
   3. Zool (être) en ~ (to be) on heat.

2. chaleurs noun, feminine plural les grandes ~s the hot season.