Meaning

4 senses

  1. (uncountable)A condition of low temperature.

    Come in, out of the cold.

    Kälte

    хо́лодxólod, сту́жаstúža

    хо́лодxólod

    the sensation produced by low temperatures

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

    The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.

  3. (countable)A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

    I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week

  4. (slang, uncountable)Rheum; sleepy dust.

    Erkältung, Verkühlung, Chnüsel

    просту́даprostúda

    просту́даprostúda, засту́даzastúda

Examples

4792 sentences

  1. I want something cold to drink.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

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  2. I want to drink something cold.

    Я хочу випити чогось прохолодного. — iceman

    ruЯ хочу выпить чего-нибудь холодного. — nami

    deIch möchte etwas Kaltes trinken. — Esperantostern

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  3. It was a very cold winter.

    Це була дуже холодна зима. — deniko

    ruЗима была очень холодная. — soweli_Elepanto

    deEs war ein sehr kalter Winter. — Rob

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  4. This beer is not cold enough.

    Це пиво недостатньо холодне. — deniko

    ruЭто пиво недостаточно холодное. — soweli_Elepanto

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  5. It was very cold this morning.

    Сьогодні зранку було дуже холодно. — shanghainese

    ruБыло очень холодно утром. — shanghainese

    deEs war sehr kalt heute Morgen. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
low temperature:
illness — see also flu, catarrh:
Русский
By meaning 2
low temperature:
illness — see also flu, catarrh:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
low temperature:
illness — see also flu, catarrh:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ċeald (“cold, coldness”)

Inherited from Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ċeald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldą (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

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Forms

plural: colds
Singularcold
Pluralcolds

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
poseB2common coldcoryzahead cold
low temperature:coldness
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words
Derivedbitter coldchest coldcold allergycold-sensitivecold sorecold urticariacommon coldhead coldrose coldtake cold

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • caught a cold
  • had a cold
  • was very cold
  • a bad cold
  • getting cold
  • cold weather
  • cold to drink
  • a cold day
  • something cold to
  • bad cold
  • with a cold
  • cold water

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coituscokeA1colandercoldlycoldnesscoleslawcolic

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