Phrase guide

hot water bottle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَقِيبَة اَلـمَاء اَلـسَاخِن — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Arabic: قِرْبَة (qirba) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Arabic: قِرْبَة (girba) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Armenian: ջեռակ (ǰeṙak) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Breton: manac'h — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Bulgarian: термофор (termofor) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Catalan: bossa d'aigua calenta — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Catalan: bossa de goma — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Chinese Cantonese: 暖水袋 — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱水袋 /热水袋 (rèshuǐdài) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯婆 /汤婆 (tāngpó) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湯婆子 /汤婆子 (tāngpózi) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Corsican: scaldapedi — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Czech: termofor — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Danish: varmedunk — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Dutch: kruik — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Dutch: warmwaterkruik — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Esperanto: varmobotelo — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Finnish: kuumavesipullo — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • French: bouillotte — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • German: Wärmflasche — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Greek: θερμοφόρα (thermofóra) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Greek: μπουγιότα (bougióta) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Hindi: गरम पानी की बोतल (garam pānī kī botal) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Indonesian: botol air panas — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Irish: buidéal te — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Italian: borsa dell'acqua calda — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Japanese: 湯婆 — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Japanese: 湯湯婆 (yutanpo) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Japanese: 湯たんぽ (yutanpo) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Korean: 탕파 (tangpa) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Luxembourgish: Bull — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Macedonian: те́рмофор (térmofor) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Norwegian: varmeflaske — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Persian: کیسه آب گرم (kise âb garm) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Plautdietsch: Woambuddel — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Polish: termofor — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Portuguese: bolsa (de água quente) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Portuguese: botija — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Russian: гре́лка (grélka) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Russian: термофор (termofor) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Samoan: fagupa'u — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Scottish Gaelic: botal-teth — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Slovak: termofor — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Spanish: guatero — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Spanish: bolsa de agua caliente — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Thai: กระเป๋าน้ําร้อน — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Turkish: sıcak su torbası — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Turkish: termofor — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Ukrainian: грі́лка (hrílka) — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Vietnamese: túi chườm nóng lạnh — a flexible bottle for heat therapy
  • Welsh: potel dŵr poeth — a flexible bottle for heat therapy