hipocausto
Spanish, noun/ipoˈkausto/
hipocausto is spelled H-I-P-O-C-A-U-S-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish, the 257,601st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipocausto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hypocaust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Habitación que entre los griegos y los romanos se caldeaba por medio de hornillos y conductos situados debajo…”.
What does hipocausto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehypocaust
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitación que entre los griegos y los romanos se caldeaba por medio de hornillos y conductos situados debajo de su pavimento. 2. Habitación o estancia calefaccionada por ese procedimiento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hipocausto
- hipocaustos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipocausto?
- /ipoˈkausto/
- [i.poˈkau̯s.t̪o]
- [ipoˈkawst̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipocausto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipocausto in Spanish?
hipocausto appears about once in every 54 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).