cool
A moderate or refreshing state of coldA moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
» The drinks looked cool and delicious.
Напої виглядали прохолодними і смачними. — ChickenKiev
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4 senses(uncountable)A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
in the cool of the morning
прохла́даproxláda
(uncountable)A calm temperament.
хладнокро́виеxladnokróvije
(uncountable)The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
(Ireland, archaic)A measure of butter, usually around 40lb; a container holding such an amount of butter.
- the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- great coolness and composure under strain
Examples
1215 sentencesThe drinks looked cool and delicious.
Напої виглядали прохолодними і смачними. — ChickenKiev
It's cool this morning, isn't it?
Прохолодно сьогодні рано, еге? — aandrusiak
ruСегодня утром прохладно, не так ли? — nami
The water is nice and cool.
Вода приємна і прохолодна. — uaspeaker
ruВода приятная и прохладная. — Hellerick
deDas Wasser ist angenehm kühl. — Manfredo
Tom is a pretty cool guy.
Том — доволі непоганий хлопець. — deniko
I thought that was pretty cool.
Я думав, було досить прикольно. — Anjy
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
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”).
Alteration of cowl.
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Forms
plural: coolsSynonyms
6 synonyms- great coolness and composure under strain:aplombassurednesspoisesang-froid
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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