Meaning

13 senses
  1. Of a mildly low temperature.

    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.

    kühl

    прохла́дныйproxládnyj, холоднова́тыйxolodnovátyj

    прохоло́днийproxolódnyj

  2. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

    Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.

    neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat

  3. Of a color, in the range of violet to green.

    If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.

  4. Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

    Be cool. There's no need to panic.

    cool, kalt, kühl

    хладнокро́вныйxladnokróvnyj, невозмути́мыйnevozmutímyj, невозмути́мыйnevozmutímyj

    marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional

  5. Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.

    His proposals had a cool reception.

    kühl

    прохла́дныйproxládnyj, холо́дныйxolódnyj, равноду́шныйravnodúšnyj

  6. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

    used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis

  7. (informal)Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

    cool, geil

    круто́йkrutój, клёвыйkljóvyj, кла́ссныйklássnyj

  8. (informal)Fashionable; trendy; hip.

    cool

    круто́йkrutój, клёвыйkljóvyj, кла́ссныйklássnyj

  9. (informal)All right; acceptable; good.

    Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?

    in Ordnung, ganz Recht, alles klar

    в поря́дкеv porjádke, норма́льныйnormálʹnyj, ничего́ničevó

  10. (informal)Very interesting or exciting.

    I think astronomy is really cool.

  11. (informal)Followed by with: able to tolerate.

    I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.

  12. (informal)Of a pair of people, Having good relations.

    We're cool, right?

Examples

1215 sentences
  1. The drinks looked cool and delicious.

    Напої виглядали прохолодними і смачними.

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  2. It's cool this morning, isn't it?

    Прохолодно сьогодні рано, еге?

    ruСегодня утром прохладно, не так ли?

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  3. The water is nice and cool.

    Вода приємна і прохолодна.

    ruВода приятная и прохладная.

    deDas Wasser ist angenehm kühl.

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  4. Tom is a pretty cool guy.

    Том — доволі непоганий хлопець.

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  5. I thought that was pretty cool.

    Я думав, було досить прикольно.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having a slightly low temperature:
Русский
By meaning 8
having a slightly low temperature:
not showing emotion, calm:
colloquial: not upset:
unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical:
calmly audacious:
colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular:
colloquial: in fashion:
colloquial: all right, acceptable:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
having a slightly low temperature:
not showing emotion, calm:
colloquial: knowing how to behave; considered popular:
colloquial: all right, acceptable:

Origin

From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-

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”).

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Forms

cooler, coolest
Comparativecooler Lesson
Superlativecoolest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

15 antonyms

Word family

55 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pretty cool
  • really cool
  • was pretty cool
  • was really cool
  • kind of cool
  • a pretty cool
  • pretty cool guy
  • was so cool
  • keep my cool
  • as cool as
  • nice and cool
  • cool guy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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