cold
Middle English
/kɔːld/, /tʃɛːld/
adj
Definitions
- (temperature) cold, cool
- (weather) cold, cool
- (locations) having a tendency to be cold
- cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
- lifeless, having the pallor of death
- cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
- distressed, sorrowful, worried
- (alchemy) Considered to be alchemically cold
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cald inherited from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (cold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kaldaz
Gloss
cold
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
- Coldspring English
- anticold English
- cold English
- cold allergy English
- cold sore English
- cold urticaria English
- cold weld English
- cold welding English
- cold-drawn English
- cold-sensitive English
- coldcock English
- colden English
- coldhouse English
- coldie English
- coldish English
- coldlike English
- coldly English
- coldness English
- coldproof English
- coldsleep English
- coldsome English
- coldward English
- coldwater English
- coldwave English
- coldwork English
- ice-cold English
- noncold English
- overcold English
- supercold English
- ultracold English
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kaldaz Proto-Germanic
- cald Old English
- ceald Old English
- kaldr Old Norse
- *kald Old High German
- kalt Old High German
- kolda Ido
- 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *kald gmw-pro
- *kalt Old Dutch
- kalt Old Dutch
- kald Old Saxon
- kāld Old Saxon
- Caustrim Scots
- cauld Scots
- kald Old Frisian
- koldik Volapük
- kol Tok Pisin
- kolpela Tok Pisin
- kolwin Tok Pisin
- cole Chinook Jargon