Meanings
nounhot spring (plural hot springs)
plural hot springs
- A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).
We come from the land of the ice and snow / From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow / How soft your fields so green / Can whisper tales of gore / Of how we calmed the tides of war / We are your overlords
1970, “Immigrant Song”, in Led Zeppelin III (hard rock, heavy metal, Viking metal), performed by Led Zeppelin, United Kingdom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
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Translations
Arabic يُنْبُوع حَارّ, مِيَاه حارَّة
- يُنْبُوع حَارّ (yunbūʕ ḥārr)natural spring producing hot water
- مِيَاه حارَّة (miyāh ḥārra)natural spring producing hot water
Catalan aigua termal
- aigua termalnatural spring producing hot water
Chinese Mandarin 溫泉 /温泉
- 溫泉 /温泉 (wēnquán)natural spring producing hot water
Czech zřídlo, pramen
- zřídlonatural spring producing hot water
- pramennatural spring producing hot water
Danish varm kilde
- varm kildenatural spring producing hot water
Esperanto termofonto
- termofontonatural spring producing hot water
Estonian kuumaveeallikas
- kuumaveeallikasnatural spring producing hot water
Finnish kuuma lähde
- kuuma lähdenatural spring producing hot water
French source chaude
- source chaudenatural spring producing hot water
German Thermalquelle, heiße Quelle
- Thermalquellenatural spring producing hot water
- heiße Quellenatural spring producing hot water
Hebrew מַעֲיָן חַם
- מַעֲיָן חַם (ma'ayán kham)natural spring producing hot water
Hindi गरम चश्मा
- गरम चश्मा (garam caśmā)natural spring producing hot water
Hungarian termálvíz
- termálvíznatural spring producing hot water
Icelandic laug, heit laug
- laugnatural spring producing hot water
- heit laugnatural spring producing hot water
- hvernatural spring producing hot water
- vatnshvernatural spring producing hot water
Indonesian mata air panas, sumber air panas
- mata air panasnatural spring producing hot water
- sumber air panasnatural spring producing hot water
Italian sorgente termale
- sorgente termalenatural spring producing hot water
Japanese 温泉, 熱水泉
- 温泉 (onsen)natural spring producing hot water
- 熱水泉 (nessuisen)natural spring producing hot water
Korean 온천
- 온천 (oncheon)natural spring producing hot water
Lithuanian karštoji versmė
- karštoji versmėnatural spring producing hot water
Malay mata air panas, kolam air panas
- mata air panasnatural spring producing hot water
- kolam air panasnatural spring producing hot water
Māori ngāwhā, ngāwhāriki
- ngāwhānatural spring producing hot water
- ngāwhārikinatural spring producing hot water
Norwegian Bokmål varm kilde
- varm kildenatural spring producing hot water
Persian چشمه آبگرم
- چشمه آبگرم (češme-ye âb-garm)natural spring producing hot water
Polish gorące źródło, źródło termalne
- gorące źródłonatural spring producing hot water
- źródło termalnenatural spring producing hot water
- źródło ciepłenatural spring producing hot water
- cieplicanatural spring producing hot water
Portuguese terma, fonte termal
- termanatural spring producing hot water
- fonte termalnatural spring producing hot water
- águas termaisnatural spring producing hot water
- caldasnatural spring producing hot water
Romanian izvor termal
- izvor termalnatural spring producing hot water
Russian горя́чий исто́чник, онсэ́н
- горя́чий исто́чник (gorjáčij istóčnik)natural spring producing hot water
- онсэ́н (onsɛ́n)natural spring producing hot water
- геотерма́льный исто́чник (geotermálʹnyj istóčnik)natural spring producing hot water
Spanish pozo termal, aguas termales
- pozo termalnatural spring producing hot water
- aguas termalesnatural spring producing hot water
- termasnatural spring producing hot water
Swedish het källa
- het källanatural spring producing hot water
Tamil வெந்நீரூற்று
- வெந்நீரூற்று (vennīrūṟṟu)natural spring producing hot water
Thai บ่อน้ำร้อน
- บ่อน้ำร้อน (bɔ̀ɔ-náam-rɔ́ɔn)natural spring producing hot water
Turkish ılıca
- ılıcanatural spring producing hot water
Vietnamese suối nước nóng
- suối nước nóngnatural spring producing hot water
Cite this entry
APA
hot spring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20spring
MLA
“hot spring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20spring. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot spring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot%20spring.
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