hotter
もっと熱い
解説 Definition
hotter は hot（熱い、暑い）の比較級で、もっと熱い、より暑いという意味です。二つのものや時期を比べて、温度が高いことを表すときに使います。
Hotter is the comparative form of hot and describes something that has a higher temperature than another thing, place, or time. It is commonly followed by than when the two items being compared are stated explicitly.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hotter は hot の比較級。「短母音＋子音字」で終わる一音節語なので、末尾の t を重ねて -er を付ける。hot → hotter とつづり、発音も二音節になる。hotter than yesterday、become hotter のように、二つの物・時期の温度を比べる場面で覚える。
Build hotter directly from hot. Because hot is a one-syllable adjective ending in one vowel followed by one consonant, double the final t before adding -er: hot becomes hotter. Use it when comparing temperatures, as in hotter than mine or hotter than yesterday. It can describe weather, rooms, food, liquids, or anything else whose temperature rises. The ending adds a second syllable, so pronounce the base hot clearly before the unstressed -er sound.
例文
This soup is hotter than mine.
このスープは私のものより熱いです。
Today is hotter than yesterday.
今日は昨日より暑いです。
The room became hotter after we closed the windows.
窓を閉めた後、部屋はさらに暑くなりました。
hotter の類義語・関連語
hotter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
hotterは hot の比較級で、hot は古英語 hāt「熱い」に由来するゲルマン系の古い語です。比較級の -er は古英語 -ra にさかのぼり、heat や heater も同根なので、「より熱い」は語幹に比較のしるしを足した形だと分かります。
Hot comes from Old English hāt, a Germanic adjective meaning “hot” or “fervent.” Hotter combines this old adjective with the comparative suffix -er, which continues Old English -ra. The doubled t is a modern spelling convention used before a vowel-initial suffix after a stressed short vowel. Heat and heater belong to the same historical word family.
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