hypocaust

English

Etymology

From Latin hypocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστον (hupókauston), from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “underneath”) + καυστόν (kaustón, “burnt offering”).

Noun

hypocaust (plural hypocausts)

1. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
2. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.

Synonyms

• (underfloor flue): hippocaust
• (heating system): floor heating, underfloor heating

Translations

underground heating system for a bath

Catalan: hipocaust m Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hypokausti French: hypocauste (fr) m German: Hypokaustum n, Hypokauste f, Heizgewölbe n Italian: ipocausto m Japanese: ハイポコースト (haipokōsuto) Korean: 고래 (ko) (gorae), 온돌 (ko) (ondol), 구들 (gudeul), 구돌 (gudol) (obsolete) Latin: hypocaustum n, hypocauston n Russian: гипока́уст (ru) m (gipokáust) Spanish: hipocausto (es) Swedish: hypokaust c Turkish: hipokaust

See also

• hypocaust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Underfloor heating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia