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cool en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • ko͞ol (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kʲɪul/ Local Dublin
  • /kʉl/ (Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kʲeul/ working-class
  • /kʲuːl/ Local Dublin
  • /kul/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Indo-European *gól- Proto-Germanic *kalanąder. Proto-Germanic *kōluz Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī) Old English cōl Middle English cool English cool From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kool, koul, kuul, kölj, kööl (“cold”), Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Cimbrian khuul (“chilly, cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”), Low German köhl (“cool”), Luxembourgish kill (“cool”), Vilamovian kił (“cool”); also Latin gelū, gelum, gelus (“frost; chill, cold”), Belarusian хо́лад (xólad, “cold”), Bulgarian хлад (hlad, “chill, coolness”), Czech chlad (“cold”), Macedonian лад (lad, “shade; coolness”), Polish chłód (“cold”), Russian and Ukrainian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”), Serbo-Croatian хла̑д, hlȃd (“shade”), Sanskrit जड (jaḍa, “cold; stiff”), जल (jala, “water”). Related to cold.

Meanings

  1. Of a mildly low temperature.
    • Many exoplanets have been found orbiting dwarf stars that are much cooler and smaller than our sun, such as the famed TRAPPIST-1 system and its seven planets, announced in 2017. 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN:
    • The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…]. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
    • I like cool weather the most 'cause it's not too hot to wear a jacket but I won't be too cold in my shorts.
  2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
    • Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.
    • Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  3. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
    • If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
  4. (of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
    • Be cool. There's no need to panic.
  5. Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
    • His proposals had a cool reception.
  6. (obsolete) Calmly audacious.
    • In that supposed event, you say, you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool. 1860 February 27, Abe Lincoln, Cooper Union address:
    • Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Hester at her Needle”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
    • "Well, that's cool," said Laurie to himself, "to have a picnic and never ask me!" 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 13, in Little Women: […], 1st part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC:
  7. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
    • Who will lend me a cool hundred. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
    • My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million. 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:
    • You remember Bulger, don't you? You lost a cool hundred to him one night here over the cards, eh? 1900, Dora Sigerson Shorter, Transmigration:
    • But she had wrote out a little coddleshell in her own hand a day or two afore the accident, leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 303:
  8. (informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
    • He managed to conduct interviews with the least cool global figure – his father, Prince Charles – and the most cool, Barack Obama, in a way that allowed them both to look as good as they could. 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian:
    • […] while the coachman holding whip and reins in one hand, takes off his hat with the other, and resting it on his knees, pulls out his handkerchief, and wipes his forehead, partly because he has a habit of doing it, and partly because it's as well to shew the passengers how cool he is, and what an easy thing it is to drive four-in-hand, when you have had as much practice as he has. 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 28, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 284:
    • Maggie the au pair, and Pam P. on the school bus and Billy G. with his Grateful Dead records were all deeply cool people. But they weren’t cool because they smoked. They smoked because they were cool. 2000, Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point:
    • Is there a secret sauce that helps explain why people as different as David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson and Charli XCX all seem so self-assured and, well, cool? A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous. 2025 June 30, Christina Caron, “What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  9. (informal) Fashionable; trendy; hip.
    • You be nice without long hair. Now it's cool, hmm? 1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Mario Delani (Paolo Carlini):
    • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
  10. (informal) All right; acceptable; good.
    • Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band / And my Monster Mash is the hit of the land / For you, the living, this Mash was meant too / When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you. 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
    • Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
  11. (informal) Very interesting or exciting.
    • I think astronomy is really cool.
  12. (informal) Followed by with: able to tolerate.
    • I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
  13. (informal) Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
    • We're cool, right?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cooler Degree=Cmp lexicographic
qool Internet, alternative lexicographic
coole alternative, obsolete lexicographic
coo alternative, slang lexicographic
c00l Internet, alternative lexicographic
kewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
qewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
coolest Degree=Sup lexicographic
kool Internet, alternative lexicographic
k00l Internet, alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

not cricket · unacceptable · out of fashion · lukewarm · tepid · démodé · not on · passionate · bothered · awkward · upset · warm · old hat · warm · out · uncool · warm

Deriveds

coolbox · ubercool · uncool · cool head · coolheaded · cool as a cucumber · tacticool · zero-cool · keep one's cool · ur-cool · cool hand · keep a cool head · ultracool · cool pose · outcool · coolhunting · coolroom · ice cool · cool pop · coolamundo · lose one's cool · cool story bro · too cool for school · coolsome · coolness · cool jazz · cool heads must prevail · cool kids' table · Cool S · cool medium · cool-headed · cool heads prevail · cool tankard · coolth · cool kid · cool grey · cool-o-meter · supercool · cool store · coolen · coolometer · cool bag · coola boola · ice-cool · cool hunter · coolly · blow one's cool · megacool · cool and the gang · hypercool · before it was cool · cool-headedness · cool cat · radicool · coolspeak · cool chain · cool heads will prevail · be cool · cool burn · coolhouse · coolish · cool art · overcool · cool flame · cool arrow · cool gray · cool box · cool center · cool beans · coolcation · cool change · coolhunter · coolchest · cooldrink

Descendants

クール · cool · cool · קוּל · كول · cool · cool · cool · cool · cool · cool · cool ·

Synonyms

lukewarm · fine · à la mode · modish · OK · hip · not bothered · phlegmatic · easy · chilly · unemotional · trendy · in fashion · all right · neat · acceptable · fashionable · distant · stylish · not fussed · tepid · chilly · in · awesome · standoffish · happening

Translations (420)

nl beheerst (colloquial: not upset) · eo mojosa (colloquial: in fashion) · sk svieži (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · sk chladný (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · sh ravnodušan (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · hu dögös (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · pt fixe (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · be халаднава́ты (having a slightly low temperature) · ko 멋지다 (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nn kjølig (having a slightly low temperature) · sv ok (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · es friito (having a slightly low temperature) · ja すごい (colloquial: in fashion) · ru потряса́ющий (colloquial: in fashion) · nb kjølig (having a slightly low temperature) · sh kul (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es guay (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl koel (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sh hladan (colloquial: not upset) · fi ookoo (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · nl patabel (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · es cachilupi (colloquial: in fashion) · tr soğukkanlı (not showing emotion, calm) · fr frais (having a slightly low temperature) · es nota (colloquial: in fashion) · eo mojosa (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sh kul (colloquial: not upset) · hu hűsítő (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · pt massa (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · az sərin (having a slightly low temperature) · pl fajny (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · ja 格好いい (colloquial: in fashion) · eo enorda (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · nl aanvaardbaar (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sh kul (colloquial: in fashion) · hu zsír (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · rm frestg (having a slightly low temperature) · sh mlak (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · nl koel (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · mk спо́коен (colloquial: not upset) · it disinvolto (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · it accettabile (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · es bárbaro (colloquial: in fashion) · sk mierne chladný (having a slightly low temperature) · nl cool (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cmn 沉著 /沉着 (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ja 素敵 (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · mi mātao (having a slightly low temperature) · de kühl (having a slightly low temperature) · vi mát (having a slightly low temperature) · pt descolado (colloquial: in fashion) · ga cúl (colloquial: in fashion) · nl verkwikkend (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · fi kylmähermoinen (not showing emotion, calm) · nl in (colloquial: in fashion) · fr cool (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu szenvtelen (not showing emotion, calm) · es cul (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ase 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sv kylig (not showing emotion, calm) · cmn 清涼 /清凉 (having a slightly low temperature) · fi siisti (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ase 5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle (colloquial: in fashion) · es chilo (colloquial: in fashion) · no rolig (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ia frigide (having a slightly low temperature) · cmn 涼快 /凉快 (having a slightly low temperature) · it intrepido (calmly audacious) · hu baró (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · pt frio (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · sv schysst (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · bn জোস (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl acceptabel (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sv häftig (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es bacán (colloquial: in fashion) · ru в поря́дке (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · izh viiliä (having a slightly low temperature) · ko 쿨하다 (colloquial: in fashion) · sv fin (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · fi tyyni (not showing emotion, calm) · he מגניב (colloquial: in fashion) · he קריר (having a slightly low temperature) · no populær (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sh hladan (not showing emotion, calm) · es pulento (colloquial: in fashion) · pl chłodny (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · es paja (colloquial: in fashion) · eo en ordo (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · de cool (colloquial: in fashion) · fi rauhallinen (not showing emotion, calm) · no cool (colloquial: in fashion) · nl kalm (colloquial: not upset) · fo kulur (colloquial: in fashion) · ru мо́дный (colloquial: in fashion) · pt aceitável (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · eo malvarmiga (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · csb chłodny (having a slightly low temperature) · no kul (colloquial: in fashion) · es chido (colloquial: in fashion) · nn sval (having a slightly low temperature) · de akzeptabel (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sk v poriadku (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · it figo (colloquial: in fashion) · ko 멋있다 (colloquial: in fashion) · kmr hîn (having a slightly low temperature) · id keren (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu menő (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · id keren (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es choro (colloquial: in fashion) · ja モテる (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · fi okei (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · nl in orde (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sv fet (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · mi kōangi (having a slightly low temperature) · es mostro (colloquial: in fashion) · hu menő (colloquial: in fashion) · ka მოდური (colloquial: in fashion) · pt tranquilo (not showing emotion, calm) · tpn ro'ysang (having a slightly low temperature) · ar بَارِد (having a slightly low temperature) · pt bacana (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · it calmo (colloquial: not upset) · pl spokojny (not showing emotion, calm) · nl okee (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · pl chłodny (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · kmr hênik (having a slightly low temperature) · it leggero (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · mk нево́збуден (colloquial: not upset) · de kühl (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · mk ладно́крвен (not showing emotion, calm) · ca guai (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · dsb chłodny (having a slightly low temperature) · ka გრილი (having a slightly low temperature) · tr serin (having a slightly low temperature) · ga fionnuar (colloquial: in fashion) · ja 素敵 (colloquial: in fashion) · mk може (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · ka გულგრილი (not showing emotion, calm) · mk во ред (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sv sval (having a slightly low temperature) · no cool (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es bacano (colloquial: in fashion) · fi upea (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · no behersket (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ru ничего́ (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · no behersket (colloquial: not upset) · no rolig (not showing emotion, calm) · da fint (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu szent a béke (colloquial: not upset) · ru равноду́шный (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · nl kalm (not showing emotion, calm) · it tranquillo (not showing emotion, calm) · hu bevállalós (calmly audacious) · ja すごい (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · de alles klar (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · th เจ๋ง (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · eo serena (not showing emotion, calm) · sk chladivý (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · mk рамно́душен (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · is töff (colloquial: in fashion) · mk нево́збуден (not showing emotion, calm) · es genial (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · fi viileä (having a slightly low temperature) · ru кла́ссный (colloquial: in fashion) · it fresco (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · bn জোস (colloquial: in fashion) · it a posto (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · yi קיל (having a slightly low temperature) · fr cool (colloquial: in fashion) · eo malvarmeta (having a slightly low temperature) · es supicucú (colloquial: in fashion) · da kold (not showing emotion, calm) · he סבבה (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · sv lugn (not showing emotion, calm) · eo laŭmoda (colloquial: in fashion) · cs v pořádku (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · ga doicheallach (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · pl kozak (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl koeltjes (not showing emotion, calm) · mk млак (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · sh kul (not showing emotion, calm) · he מגניב (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · it fresco (having a slightly low temperature) · ru прохла́дный (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · es chévere (colloquial: in fashion) · fr chouette (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es suave (colloquial: in fashion) · ru клёвый (colloquial: in fashion) · ckb فێنک (having a slightly low temperature) · it in gamba (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · izh siitiä (having a slightly low temperature) · hu belefér (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · de ganz Recht (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · eo senemocia (not showing emotion, calm) · es machete (colloquial: in fashion) · ru невозмути́мый (colloquial: not upset) · cmn 平息 (colloquial: not upset) · cmn(colloquial: in fashion) · gd fionnar (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · pl chłodny (having a slightly low temperature) · es pura vida (colloquial: in fashion) · la frigidulus (having a slightly low temperature) · es tuani (colloquial: in fashion) · mi mātaotao (having a slightly low temperature) · eo trankvila (colloquial: not upset) · hu nem bánja (colloquial: not upset) · sv stilig (colloquial: in fashion) · ko 훌륭하다 (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ru потряса́ющий (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cmn 沒事 /没事 (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · cmn(not showing emotion, calm) · es pavo (colloquial: in fashion) · sh drzak (calmly audacious) · nl blits (colloquial: in fashion) · hu nem gáz (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu divatos (colloquial: in fashion) · hu hűs (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · sk pokojný (not showing emotion, calm) · eo malvarmeta (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ru споко́йный (colloquial: not upset) · fi cool (colloquial: in fashion) · sh kul (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu nem gond (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · rm fraid (having a slightly low temperature) · sv kylig (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · pl fajny (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · kmr fênik (having a slightly low temperature) · sv cool (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl koel (having a slightly low temperature) · nl cool (colloquial: in fashion) · ca fred (not showing emotion, calm) · ga fuarchúiseach (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · mk ла́ден (not showing emotion, calm) · ka მოსულა (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · oc fresc (having a slightly low temperature) · pt frio (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · nl fris (having a slightly low temperature) · mi pūangiangi (having a slightly low temperature) · cmn 厲害 /利害 /厉害 (colloquial: in fashion) · ka ძერსკი (colloquial: in fashion) · mi kōtao (having a slightly low temperature) · th เย็น (having a slightly low temperature) · ja 涼しい (having a slightly low temperature) · it imperturbabile (not showing emotion, calm) · fi rohkea (calmly audacious) · pt de boa (colloquial: not upset) · it sicuro di se (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cs skvělý (colloquial: in fashion) · it figo (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · pt descolado (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · mi hauangi (having a slightly low temperature) · ba һалҡын (having a slightly low temperature) · eo flegma (not showing emotion, calm) · nl hip (colloquial: in fashion) · sk chladný (having a slightly low temperature) · br sin (having a slightly low temperature) · nl bedaard (colloquial: not upset) · ky серүүн (having a slightly low temperature) · cmn(colloquial: in fashion) · he צונן (having a slightly low temperature) · hy զով (having a slightly low temperature) · fa خنک (having a slightly low temperature) · vi mát mẻ (having a slightly low temperature) · no ok (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · es shido (colloquial: in fashion) · ko 멋있다 (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · hu klassz (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · eo malaĉa (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · de cool (not showing emotion, calm) · no behersket (not showing emotion, calm) · it ganzo (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es chivo (colloquial: in fashion) · io koldeta (having a slightly low temperature) · da koldblodig (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · fi makee (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ota سرین (having a slightly low temperature) · eo akceptebla (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · ru круто́й (colloquial: in fashion) · gd fionnar (colloquial: not upset) · it distaccato (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · sv poppis (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cs chladný (having a slightly low temperature) · de cool (colloquial: not upset) · hu király (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ja クール (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sv schysst (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · hu hűvös (having a slightly low temperature) · nb sval (having a slightly low temperature) · es bacán (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ru круто́й (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es supicucu (colloquial: in fashion) · sk vlažný (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · gd fionnar (having a slightly low temperature) · nl beheerst (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ko 쌀쌀하다 (having a slightly low temperature) · no grei (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · hu állat (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · fi hillitty (not showing emotion, calm) · de kalt (not showing emotion, calm) · br fresk (having a slightly low temperature) · ia fresc (having a slightly low temperature) · arz سقعان (having a slightly low temperature) · it scettico (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · pt fresco (having a slightly low temperature) · nl (ijzig) kalm (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · fi viileä (not showing emotion, calm) · de cool (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cmn 很棒 (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · fi viileä (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · es bravazo (colloquial: in fashion) · nl kil (not showing emotion, calm) · no stilig (colloquial: in fashion) · ru потря́сный (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · hu vagány (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es tuanis (colloquial: in fashion) · de kühl (colloquial: not upset) · it tranquillo (colloquial: not upset) · no reservert (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · es chiva (colloquial: in fashion) · es cul (colloquial: in fashion) · alt серӱӱн (having a slightly low temperature) · mk др́зок (calmly audacious) · yue 涼 /凉 (having a slightly low temperature) · ca fresc (having a slightly low temperature) · es fresco (having a slightly low temperature) · ja 格好いい (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ru прохла́дный (having a slightly low temperature) · ca fred (having a slightly low temperature) · ro friguros (having a slightly low temperature) · da ok (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · nl verkoelend (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · gd fionnar (not showing emotion, calm) · it fantastico (calmly audacious) · is svalur (having a slightly low temperature) · es dabute (colloquial: in fashion) · cmn 冷靜 /冷静 (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · hu nyugodt (not showing emotion, calm) · pt legal (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ka მშვიდი (not showing emotion, calm) · hu laza (calmly audacious) · ru хладнокро́вный (not showing emotion, calm) · fo kulur (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ase 5@Chest Wiggle (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · nl koel (not showing emotion, calm) · cmn 不錯 /不错 (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · da kølig (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · da rolig (colloquial: not upset) · nl onenthousiast (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · id sejuk (having a slightly low temperature) · lv vēss (having a slightly low temperature) · nl zelfzeker (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ru норма́льный (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · ca tranqui (colloquial: not upset) · ru потря́сный (colloquial: in fashion) · it imperturbabile (colloquial: not upset) · ru де́рзкий (calmly audacious) · ga cúileach (colloquial: in fashion) · it freddo (having a slightly low temperature) · es piola (colloquial: in fashion) · pl chwat (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · es chilero (colloquial: in fashion) · es friecito (having a slightly low temperature) · ru кла́ссный (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · de in Ordnung (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · fi viileä (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · hu közömbös (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · no kald (not showing emotion, calm) · nl rustig (colloquial: not upset) · ca guai (colloquial: in fashion) · ga réidh (not showing emotion, calm) · ru холо́дный (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · sk svieži (having a slightly low temperature) · it indifferente (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ka გულგრილი (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · nl koel (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · sk okej (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · it freddo (not showing emotion, calm) · ru холоднова́тый (having a slightly low temperature) · bg го́тин (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl kil (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ru клёвый (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · it termico (allowing or suggesting heat relief) · pl opanowany (not showing emotion, calm) · cmn(colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · de geil (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · cs ok (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · pt bacana (colloquial: in fashion) · sv bra (colloquial: all right, acceptable) · mi pūangi (having a slightly low temperature) · nl koelbloedig (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · ko 시원하다 (having a slightly low temperature) · cmn(colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · my အေး (having a slightly low temperature) · es guay (colloquial: in fashion) · ota قریر (having a slightly low temperature) · sk chladný (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · ru невозмути́мый (not showing emotion, calm) · eo trankvila (not showing emotion, calm) · nv sxih (calmly audacious) · no kald (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · da cool (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · mr थंड (having a slightly low temperature) · uk прохоло́дний (having a slightly low temperature) · es fetén (colloquial: in fashion) · hy հով (having a slightly low temperature) · tr sakin (not showing emotion, calm) · da kølig (having a slightly low temperature) · it calmo (not showing emotion, calm) · nl kalmpjes (not showing emotion, calm) · es dabuten (colloquial: in fashion) · fi tyyni (colloquial: not upset) · ja クール (colloquial: in fashion) · es chévere (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · nl stoer (calmly audacious) · es padre (colloquial: in fashion) · nl lauw (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · hu belevaló (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · sv sval (unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical) · no behersket (colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular) · no rolig (colloquial: not upset)

cool en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • ko͞ol (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kʲɪul/ Local Dublin
  • /kʉl/ (Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kʲeul/ working-class
  • /kʲuːl/ Local Dublin
  • /kul/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Indo-European *gól- Proto-Germanic *kalanąder. Proto-Germanic *kōluz Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī) Old English cōl Middle English cool English cool From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kool, koul, kuul, kölj, kööl (“cold”), Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Cimbrian khuul (“chilly, cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”), Low German köhl (“cool”), Luxembourgish kill (“cool”), Vilamovian kił (“cool”); also Latin gelū, gelum, gelus (“frost; chill, cold”), Belarusian хо́лад (xólad, “cold”), Bulgarian хлад (hlad, “chill, coolness”), Czech chlad (“cold”), Macedonian лад (lad, “shade; coolness”), Polish chłód (“cold”), Russian and Ukrainian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”), Serbo-Croatian хла̑д, hlȃd (“shade”), Sanskrit जड (jaḍa, “cold; stiff”), जल (jala, “water”). Related to cold.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
    • in the cool of the morning
  2. (uncountable) A calm temperament.
  3. (uncountable) The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.

Forms

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k00l Internet, alternative lexicographic
qewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
coo alternative, slang lexicographic
qool Internet, alternative lexicographic
kewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
kool Internet, alternative lexicographic
coole alternative, obsolete lexicographic
c00l Internet, alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

calmness · composure

Translations (19)

lv aukstasinība (calm temperament) · fr sang-froid (calm temperament) · sh hladnokrvnost (calm temperament) · it posato (calm temperament) · bg хладнокръвие (calm temperament) · it calmo (calm temperament) · sh svjež (moderate temperature) · eo malvarmeto (moderate temperature) · pl chłód (moderate temperature) · el ψυχραιμία (calm temperament) · fi viileys (moderate temperature) · lv vēsums (moderate temperature) · eo flegmo (calm temperament) · ru прохла́да (moderate temperature) · fi tyyneys (calm temperament) · ru хладнокро́вие (calm temperament) · fr frais (moderate temperature) · it fresco (moderate temperature) · fr calme (calm temperament)

cool en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • ko͞ol (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kʲɪul/ Local Dublin
  • /kʉl/ (Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kʲeul/ working-class
  • /kʲuːl/ Local Dublin
  • /kul/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel-der. Proto-Indo-European *gól- Proto-Germanic *kalanąder. Proto-Germanic *kōluz Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī) Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-West Germanic *-ēn Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn Old English cōlian Middle English colen English cool From Middle English colen, from Old English cōlian (“to cool, grow cold, be cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlēn (“to become cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to freeze”). Cognate with Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Swedish kyla (“to cool, refrigerate”). Also partially from Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, be cold, become cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”), altered to resemble the adjective cool. See keel.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
    • I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
  2. (literally, transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
    • Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:24:
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
    • We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  5. (dated, slang, transitive) To kill, murder.
    • Big-mouth got up as fast as he could, and I was thinking how much heart he had. But I ran toward him like my life depended on it; I wanted to cool him. 1967, Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, page 31:
    • Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn't feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I'd scored. That was a big kick. 1965, "Sex Jungle" (narrated in Perversion for Profit)
  6. (intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To relax, hang out.
    • Seen my homeboys coolin' way way out / Told 'em bout my mornin' cold bugged' em out 1986, “6 in the Mornin'”performed by Ice-T:
    • Asbestos? Raa, dat's a dangerous t'ing boy, dat ain't good. You know what though, you guys should min' yourselves walkin' street star, dere's bere nutters about. I know you're in a crew but boy can't you jus' cool' at someone's house?' 1997, Courttia Newland, The Scholar: A West Side Story, London: Abacus, →ISBN, page 207:
    • "What up, kid?" ¶ "Coolin'." 2000, Paul Beatty, Tuff: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 223:

Forms

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c00l Internet, alternative lexicographic
cools Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
qool Internet, alternative lexicographic
cooling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kool Internet, alternative lexicographic
coo alternative, slang lexicographic
coole alternative, obsolete lexicographic
cooled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cooled Tense=Past lexicographic
qewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
kewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
k00l Internet, alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

heat up · heat · heat up · warm · warm up · warm up · heat · warm

Deriveds

hydrocool · coolant · aftercool · cool out · cool one's jets · cool off · precool · cooling center · intercool · self-cooling · cool one's heels · cool it · recool · cooling card · keep one's breath to cool one's porridge · save one's breath to cool one's porridge · sodium-cooled · cooling · undercool · coolable · cool down · cooler · overcool · subcool

Synonyms

cool down · deheat · cool down · bool · refrigerate · chill

Translations (55)

qu chiriyachiy (to make colder (literally)) · sk upokojovať (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · mi whakamātao (to make colder (literally)) · ru успока́иваться (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · pl chłodzić (to make colder (literally)) · nl verkillen (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · sk upokojiť (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ru охладе́ть (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · grc ψύγω (to make colder (literally)) · tk sowatmak (to make colder (literally)) · ru охлажда́ть (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · fr refroidir (to make colder (literally)) · nl verkoelen (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nl afkoelen (to make colder (literally)) · nl (mildy) verfrissen (to make colder (literally)) · nl koelen (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nl bekoelen (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nl verkoelen (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · fi viilentyä (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · arz يبرد (to make colder (literally)) · cy oeri (to make colder (literally)) · fi jäähdyttää (to make colder (literally)) · gd fuaraich (to make colder (literally)) · nl bekoelen (to make colder (literally)) · fi viilentää (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ar يُبَرِّد (to make colder (literally)) · ru охладева́ть (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nl verkillen (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · tr soğutmak (to make colder (literally)) · bg изстудявам (to make colder (literally)) · tr serinletmek (to make colder (literally)) · nl afkoelen (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · de abkühlen (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nl koelen (to make colder (literally)) · cmn 冷淡 (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · sk chladiť (to make colder (literally)) · nl verkoelen (to make colder (literally)) · sv svalna (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · sk ochladiť (to make colder (literally)) · nl verkillen (to make colder (literally)) · ru остуди́ть (to make colder (literally)) · sk upokojiť sa (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ru осты́ть (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · nrf fraidgi (to make colder (literally)) · no hardne (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · sk upokojovať sa (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · pl schłodzić (to make colder (literally)) · eo malvarmigi (to make colder (literally)) · ru остыва́ть (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ru успоко́иться (to become less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ru охлади́ть (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · fr rafraichir (to make colder (literally)) · ru остужа́ть (to make colder (literally)) · nl afkoelen (to make less intense, e.g. less amicable) · ga fuaraigh (to make colder (literally))

cool en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • ko͞ol (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kʲɪul/ Local Dublin
  • /kʉl/ (Scotland)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kʲeul/ working-class
  • /kʲuːl/ Local Dublin
  • /kul/ (US)

Etymology

Alteration of cowl.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, archaic) A measure of butter, usually around 40lb; a container holding such an amount of butter.
    • Father Conmee saluted Mr William Gallagher and perceived the odours that came from baconflitches and ample cools of butter. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 212:

Forms

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kool Internet, alternative lexicographic
c00l Internet, alternative lexicographic
qewl Internet, alternative lexicographic
cools Number=Plur lexicographic
k00l Internet, alternative lexicographic
qool Internet, alternative lexicographic
coole alternative, obsolete lexicographic
coo alternative, slang lexicographic
kewl Internet, alternative lexicographic