ホット

ほっと
noun, prefix
hot (drink/food)
food
1. hot (drink or food), served warm
Used to describe beverages or food that are served heated, as opposed to cold or iced.
コーヒーはホットでお願(ねが)いします。
I'd like my coffee hot, please.
On cold days, I want to drink hot milk.
Would you like that hot or iced?

ホット is a loanword from English "hot," used primarily to describe heated beverages and food items.

Compounds

  • ホットコーヒー: hot coffee
  • ホットミルク: hot milk
  • ホットティー: hot tea
  • ホットドッグ: hot dog
  • ホットケーキ: hotcake (thick Japanese-style pancake)
  • ホットチョコレート / ホットココア: hot chocolate

Common expressions

At cafes and restaurants: ホットとアイス、どちらになさいますか (Hot or iced?). You can say ホットで (hot, please) or アイスで (iced, please).

Similar words

Usage

Outside food and drink, ホット appears in a few borrowed senses (ホットな話題(わだい), a hot topic; ホットライン, a hotline), but never for temperature in general: hot weather is 暑(あつ)い, hot to the touch is 熱(あつ)い.