adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)məl
CMU ARPABET:JH IY2 OW0 TH ER1 M AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to heat energy extracted from reservoirs in the earth's interior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geothermic
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: geothermic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English thermal English geothermal From geo- + thermal.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
geotermies
— pertaining to heat energy
Armenian:
երկրաջերմային
(erkraǰermayin)
— pertaining to heat energy
Catalan:
geotèrmic
— pertaining to heat energy
Chinese Mandarin:
地熱 /地热
(dìrè)
— pertaining to heat energy
Danish:
geotermisk
— pertaining to heat energy
Dutch:
geothermisch
— pertaining to heat energy
Finnish:
geoterminen
— pertaining to heat energy
French:
géothermique
— pertaining to heat energy
Galician:
xeotérmico
— pertaining to heat energy
German:
geothermisch
— pertaining to heat energy
Greek:
γεωθερμικός
(geothermikós)
— pertaining to heat energy
Indonesian:
panas bumi
— pertaining to heat energy
Indonesian:
geotermal
— pertaining to heat energy
Indonesian:
geotermi
— pertaining to heat energy
Italian:
geotermico
— pertaining to heat energy
Italian:
geotermale
— pertaining to heat energy
Māori:
ngāwhā
— pertaining to heat energy
Māori:
ngāwhāriki
— pertaining to heat energy
Māori:
ahi whānāriki
— pertaining to heat energy
Norwegian Bokmål:
geotermisk
— pertaining to heat energy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
geotermisk
— pertaining to heat energy
Polish:
geotermalny
— pertaining to heat energy
Portuguese:
geotérmico
— pertaining to heat energy
Romanian:
geotermic
— pertaining to heat energy
Romanian:
geotermal
— pertaining to heat energy
Russian:
геотерма́льный
(geotɛrmálʹnyj)
— pertaining to heat energy
Spanish:
geotérmico
— pertaining to heat energy
Swedish:
geotermisk
— pertaining to heat energy
Tagalog:
duinitin
— pertaining to heat energy
Tagalog:
duinitanin
— pertaining to heat energy
Turkish:
jeotermik
— pertaining to heat energy
Turkish:
jeotermal
— pertaining to heat energy
Ukrainian:
геотерма́льний
(heotermálʹnyj)
— pertaining to heat energy
