Phrase guide

in heat

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

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Meaning 1

In oestrus; receptive to mating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in season

Antonyms: out of heat

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: kirag — in estrus
  • Bulgarian: разгонена (razgonena) — in estrus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發情 /发情 (fāqíng) — in estrus
  • Czech: hárající — in estrus
  • Dutch: tochtig — in estrus
  • Dutch: rits — in estrus
  • Dutch: ritsig — in estrus
  • Dutch: bronstig — in estrus
  • Dutch: hitsig — in estrus
  • Finnish: kiimassa — in estrus
  • French: en chaleur — in estrus
  • Galician: saído — in estrus
  • Galician: saída — in estrus
  • Galician: quente — in estrus
  • German: brünstig — in estrus
  • German: läufig — in estrus
  • German: rollig — in estrus
  • Hebrew: מְיֻחָם (meyuẖám) — in estrus
  • Hungarian: tüzelő — in estrus
  • Irish: faoi reith — in estrus
  • Irish: faoi adhall — in estrus
  • Italian: in calore — in estrus
  • Japanese: 発情 (hatsujō) — in estrus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øksen — in estrus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brunstig — in estrus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brunstig — in estrus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gra — in estrus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: yksen — in estrus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brundgalen — in estrus
  • Old Norse: yxna — in estrus
  • Polish: w rui — in estrus
  • Portuguese: no cio — in estrus
  • Portuguese: com o cio — in estrus
  • Russian: в охо́те (v oxóte) — in estrus
  • Spanish: en celo — in estrus
  • Spanish: salido — in estrus
  • Spanish: verriondo — in estrus
  • Spanish: embramado — in estrus
  • Spanish: enfumado — in estrus
  • Spanish: enlunado — in estrus
  • Spanish: alunado — in estrus
  • Spanish: acalorado — in estrus
  • Spanish: cachondo — in estrus
  • Swedish: brunstig — in estrus
  • Swedish: i löp — in estrus
  • Thai: ติดสัด (dtìt-sàt) — in estrus
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیزغین (kızgın) — in estrus
  • Zhuang: auq — in estrus
  • Zhuang: ndauq — in estrus