cool
English
/kuːl/
adj
Definitions
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
- Calmly audacious.
- (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
- (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
- Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cool inherited from Old English cōl (cool, tranquil, cold, calm) inherited from *kōl(ī) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (cold, cool, calm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen), *gel- (cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gel-
Gloss
cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冷, 寒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Colbert English
- aftercool English
- aftercooler English
- box English
- chest English
- coolable English
- coolamundo English
- coolant English
- coolbox English
- coolchest English
- cooldrink English
- coolen English
- cooler English
- cooleth English
- coolheaded English
- coolheadedly English
- coolheadedness English
- coolhouse English
- coolhunter English
- coolhunting English
- coolish English
- coolly English
- coolness English
- coolometer English
- coolroom English
- coolsome English
- coolspeak English
- coolth English
- cour English
- cryocooler English
- drink English
- gelid English
- headed English
- house English
- hunter English
- hunting English
- hydrocool English
- hydrocooler English
- intercooler English
- jello English
- kuudere English
- lose English
- lose one's cool English
- megacool English
- one's English
- outcool English
- overcool English
- overcooler English
- precool English
- recool English
- room English
- subcool English
- supercool English
- ubercool English
- ultracool English
- uncool English
- uncoolable English
- uncoolly English
- uncoolness English
- undercool English
- ur-cool English
- congelare Latin
- galla Latin
- gelare Latin
- gelata, gelatus Latin
- gelatus Latin
- gelicidium Latin
- gelidus Latin
- gelo Latin
- gelo, gelō, gelāre Latin
- gelu Latin
- gelāre Latin
- gelāta Latin
- gelātus Latin
- gelō, gelāre Latin
- gelū Latin
- glacies Latin
- glaciālis Latin
- glaciāre Latin
- glaciātus Latin
- glaciēs Latin
- glaeba Latin
- glarea Latin
- globus Latin
- glomus Latin
- Abkühlung German
- Kühle German
- Kühler German
- Kühlflüssigkeit German
- Kühlgut German
- Kühlhaus German
- Kühlmittel German
- Kühlregal German
- Kühlschmiermittel German
- Kühlschmierstoff German
- Kühltruhe German
- Kühlturm German
- Kühlwasser German
- abkühlen German
- cool German
- einkühlen German
- kühl German
- kühlen German
- kühlgemäßigt German
- urcool German
- verkühlen German
- kúl Hungarian
- congelatore Italian
- gelatina Italian
- ghiacciato Italian
- ghiaccio Italian
- ghiacciolo Italian
- glaciologia Italian
- cool Dutch, Flemish
- gel Dutch, Flemish
- koel Dutch, Flemish
- koelen Dutch, Flemish
- koelte Dutch, Flemish
- koud Dutch, Flemish
- cool French
- cours French
- glace French
- glacis French
- hypercool French
- γαγγλίον Ancient Greek
- *g(e)lēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gelewdos Proto-Indo-European
- *glem- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂-nóm, *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kalaną Proto-Germanic
- *kaldaz Proto-Germanic
- *kaldį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *kaliz Proto-Germanic
- *klūtaz Proto-Germanic
- *kolbô Proto-Germanic
- *kulba(n)- Proto-Germanic
- *kōlaz Proto-Germanic
- *kōliz Proto-Germanic
- *kōluz Proto-Germanic
- cool Swedish
- クーデレ Japanese
- クーラー Japanese
- クール Japanese
- cool Polish
- cōl Old English
- शरद Sanskrit
- शीतल Sanskrit
- colnes Middle English
- cool Middle English
- jǫkulkaldr Old Norse
- kala Old Norse
- *xoldьnъ Proto-Slavic
- kul Serbo-Croatian
- kúl Icelandic
- coel Middle Dutch
- kuoli Old High German
- kulur Faroese
- küelen Middle High German
- kill Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- killen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- קאַלט Yiddish
- *klott gmw-pro
- *kōl(ī) gmw-pro
- *kuol Old Dutch
- *külmä Proto-Finnic
- kȫl Middle Low German
- *kōl Old Saxon
- chuel Alemannic German
- chuele Alemannic German
- koel Western Frisian
- *kōl Old Frisian
- köhl German Low German
- sar Northern Kurdish
- koold Saterland Frisian
- köil Saterland Frisian
- köilich Saterland Frisian
- kiehl Pennsylvania German
- box
- cour
- room
- lose
- gelid
- one's
- chest
- drink
- jello
- house
- uncool
- hunter
- coolly
- headed
- recool
- coolen
- coolth
- cooler
- ur-cool
- outcool
- coolant
- subcool
- hunting
- kuudere
- Colbert
- cooleth
- coolish
- precool
- coolbox
- coolable
- coolroom
- overcool
- uncoolly
- ubercool
- coolness
- megacool
- coolsome
- coolchest
- cooldrink
- hydrocool
- supercool
- ultracool
- coolspeak
- aftercool
- coolhouse
- undercool
- coolamundo
- coolheaded
- overcooler
- uncoolness
- coolhunter
- cryocooler
- uncoolable
- coolometer
- coolhunting
- hydrocooler
- intercooler
- aftercooler
- coolheadedly
- coolheadedness
- lose one's cool