preheat

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• /pɹiːˈhiːt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English heat English preheat From pre- + heat.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: preescalfar — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Chinese Cantonese: 預熱 /预热 (jyu6 jit6) — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Chinese Mandarin: 預熱 /预热 (yùrè) — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Danish: forvarme — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Dutch: voorverwarmen — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Finnish: esilämmittää — to heat something in preparation for further action
• French: préchauffer — to heat something in preparation for further action
• German: vorheizen — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Greek: προθερμαίνω (prothermaíno) — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Italian: preriscaldare — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Japanese: 予熱 (yonetsu) — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Korean: 예열(豫熱)하다 (yeyeolhada) — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Portuguese: preaquecer — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Portuguese: pré-aquecer — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Spanish: precalentar — to heat something in preparation for further action
• Swedish: förvärme — to heat something in preparation for further action