Dictionary

cold wave en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A short period of very cold weather.
2. (countable, uncountable) A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
3. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of coldwave (“European post-punk music sub-genre”).
   alt of coldwave
   • Not so much forgotten as little heard in the first place, cold wave – and its dancier, synth-powered cousin, minimal wave – finds its roots in early 80s France. 2009 July 13, Louis Pattison, “Scene and heard: Cold wave”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Antonyms

heatwave

Synonyms

cold snap · cold spell

Translations (17)

vi sóng lạnh (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · es ola de frío (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · pl fala chłodnego powietrza (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · fr vague de froid (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · fi kylmäaalto (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · de Kältewelle (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · is kuldabylgja (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · ja 寒波 (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · ka უეცარი აციება (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · ka ტემპერატურის ვარდნა (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · tr soğuk hava dalgası (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · sv köldvåg (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · nl koudegolf (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · tr soğuk dalgası (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · cmn 寒流 (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · ar مَوْجَةُ اْلبَرْدِ (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature) · hu hideghullám (a short period with a considerable fall in temperature)