overheat

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• General-American: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/
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• CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 HH IY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: прегряване (pregrjavane) — condition
• Chinese Mandarin: 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) — condition
• Finnish: ylikuumeneminen — condition
• Finnish: ylilämpö — condition
• Belarusian: пераграва́ць (pjerahravácʹ) — heat excessively
• Belarusian: перагрэ́ць (pjerahrécʹ) — heat excessively
• Bulgarian: прегрявам (pregrjavam) — heat excessively
• Chinese Mandarin: 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) — heat excessively
• Finnish: ylikuumentaa — heat excessively
• Finnish: ylilämmittää — heat excessively
• French: surchauffer — heat excessively
• Georgian: გადახურება (gadaxureba) — heat excessively
• Georgian: გადაცხელება (gadacxeleba) — heat excessively
• German: überhitzen — heat excessively
• Hungarian: túlfűt — heat excessively
• Hungarian: túlhevít — heat excessively
• Old English: forhǣtan — heat excessively
• Polish: przegrzewać — heat excessively
• Polish: przegrzać — heat excessively
• Portuguese: sobreaquecer — heat excessively
• Russian: перегрева́ть (peregrevátʹ) — heat excessively
• Russian: перегре́ть (peregrétʹ) — heat excessively
• Spanish: sobrecalentar — heat excessively
• Spanish: recalentar — heat excessively
• Spanish: rechizar — heat excessively
• Swedish: överhetta — heat excessively
• Ukrainian: перегріва́ти (perehriváty) — heat excessively
• Ukrainian: перегрі́ти (perehríty) — heat excessively
• Belarusian: пераграва́цца (pjerahravácca) — become excessively hot
• Belarusian: перагрэ́цца (pjerahrécca) — become excessively hot
• Bulgarian: прегрявам се (pregrjavam se) — become excessively hot
• Catalan: sobreescalfar — become excessively hot
• Chinese Mandarin: 過熱 /过热 (guòrè) — become excessively hot
• Finnish: ylikuumeta — become excessively hot
• Finnish: ylikuumentua — become excessively hot
• German: überhitzen — become excessively hot
• Hungarian: túlmelegszik — become excessively hot
• Hungarian: túlhevül — become excessively hot
• Old English: forhǣtan — become excessively hot
• Polish: przegrzewać się — become excessively hot
• Polish: przegrzać się — become excessively hot
• Portuguese: rescaldar — become excessively hot
• Portuguese: sobreaquecer — become excessively hot
• Russian: перегрева́ться (peregrevátʹsja) — become excessively hot
• Russian: перегре́ться (peregrétʹsja) — become excessively hot
• Spanish: sobrecalentarse — become excessively hot
• Spanish: recalentarse — become excessively hot
• Ukrainian: перегріва́тися (perehrivátysja) — become excessively hot
• Ukrainian: перегрі́тися (perehrítysja) — become excessively hot
• Vietnamese: trở nên quá nóng — become excessively hot
• Chinese Mandarin: 失控增長 /失控增长 (shīkòng zēngzhǎng) — grow too quickly
• Finnish: ylikuumeta — grow too quickly