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cool
CEFRA1
/kuːl/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Slightly cold, or having a lower temperature than usual.
- 02
adjective
Calm, fashionable, or pleasing in a modern way.
Examples
I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!
It would be so cool if I could speak ten languages!
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /kʲeul/
- /kʲɪul/
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsAllowing or suggesting heat relief.
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
Of a mildly low temperature.
More examples
In contextWe dived into the river to cool off.
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.
If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kuul, kölj (“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,...