Phrase guide

hot spring

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thermal spring

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spring, fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring

History

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: burimi termal — natural spring producing hot water
  • Amis: onsing — natural spring producing hot water
  • Arabic: يُنْبُوع حَارّ (yunbūʕ ḥārr) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Arabic: مِيَاه حارَّة (miyāh ḥārra) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Atayal: ulay — natural spring producing hot water
  • Aymara: phutina — natural spring producing hot water
  • Burmese: ရေပူစမ်း (repucam:) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Catalan: aigua termal — natural spring producing hot water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溫泉 /温泉 (wēnquán) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Czech: zřídlo — natural spring producing hot water
  • Czech: pramen — natural spring producing hot water
  • Danish: varm kilde — natural spring producing hot water
  • Esperanto: termofonto — natural spring producing hot water
  • Estonian: kuumaveeallikas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Finnish: kuuma lähde — natural spring producing hot water
  • French: source chaude — natural spring producing hot water
  • Galician: burga — natural spring producing hot water
  • Galician: termas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Galician: augas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Galician: baño — natural spring producing hot water
  • Galician: caldas — natural spring producing hot water
  • German: Thermalquelle — natural spring producing hot water
  • German: heiße Quelle — natural spring producing hot water
  • Haitian Creole: sous cho — natural spring producing hot water
  • Hebrew: מַעֲיָן חַם (ma'ayán kham) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Hindi: गरम चश्मा (garam caśmā) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Hungarian: termálvíz — natural spring producing hot water
  • Icelandic: laug — natural spring producing hot water
  • Icelandic: heit laug — natural spring producing hot water
  • Icelandic: hver — natural spring producing hot water
  • Icelandic: vatnshver — natural spring producing hot water
  • Ido: termo — natural spring producing hot water
  • Indonesian: mata air panas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Indonesian: sumber air panas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Italian: sorgente termale — natural spring producing hot water
  • Japanese: 温泉 (onsen) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Japanese: 熱水泉 (nessuisen) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Kalmyk: халун бүлг (xalun bülg) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Kannada: ಬಿಸಿನೀರಿನ ಚಿಲುಮೆ (bisinīrina cilume) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Kazakh: термальды су (termaldy su) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Korean: 온천 (oncheon) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Lao: ບໍ່ນ້ໍາຮ້ອນ (bǭ nam hǭn) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Lithuanian: karštoji versmė — natural spring producing hot water
  • Macedonian: топол извор (topol izvor) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Malay: mata air panas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Malay: kolam air panas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Māori: ngāwhā — natural spring producing hot water
  • Māori: ngāwhāriki — natural spring producing hot water
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (qalaɣun rasiyan) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Mongolian: халуун рашаан (xaluun rašaan) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Muong: hỏl đác nỏng — natural spring producing hot water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varm kilde — natural spring producing hot water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varm kjelde — natural spring producing hot water
  • Polish: gorące źródło — natural spring producing hot water
  • Polish: źródło termalne — natural spring producing hot water
  • Polish: źródło ciepłe — natural spring producing hot water
  • Polish: cieplica — natural spring producing hot water
  • Portuguese: terma — natural spring producing hot water
  • Portuguese: fonte termal — natural spring producing hot water
  • Portuguese: águas termais — natural spring producing hot water
  • Portuguese: caldas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Romanian: izvor termal — natural spring producing hot water
  • Russian: горя́чий исто́чник (gorjáčij istóčnik) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Russian: онсэ́н (onsɛ́n) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Russian: геотерма́льный исто́чник (geotermálʹnyj istóčnik) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Spanish: pozo termal — natural spring producing hot water
  • Spanish: aguas termales — natural spring producing hot water
  • Spanish: termas — natural spring producing hot water
  • Swedish: het källa — natural spring producing hot water
  • Tamil: வெந்நீரூற்று (vennīrūṟṟu) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Lower Tanana: tu nadheɬde — natural spring producing hot water
  • Taos: pʼȍłìlapʼȍʼóne — natural spring producing hot water
  • Tày: khuổi nặm pâm — natural spring producing hot water
  • Thai: บ่อน้ําร้อน (bɔ̀ɔ-náam-rɔ́ɔn) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Turkish: ılıca — natural spring producing hot water
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایلیجه (ılıca) — natural spring producing hot water
  • Vietnamese: suối nước nóng — natural spring producing hot water
  • Zhuang: mboqraemxraeuj — natural spring producing hot water