"coolness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːlnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-coolness.wav Forms: coolnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English colnes, colnesse, from Old English cōlnes, cœ̄lnes, cēlnes (“coolness; cool air, breeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, equivalent to cool + -ness. Cognate with Middle High German kuolnisse, küelnisse (“cooling, coolness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|colnes}} Middle English colnes, {{inh|en|ang|cōlnes}} Old English cōlnes, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kōlinassī}} Proto-West Germanic *kōlinassī, {{suf|en|cool|ness}} cool + -ness, {{cog|gmh|kuolnisse}} Middle High German kuolnisse Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} coolness (usually uncountable, plural coolnesses)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. chilly. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-coolness-en-noun-vkR13AeD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 1 32 1 32 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 29 6 28 5 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 4 31 3 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 28 3 29 10 28 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 3 32 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2
  2. (countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. chilly. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-coolness-en-noun-FAHZdUBx
  3. (uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. calm. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being cool, calm): ἀταραξία (ataraxía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek)
    Sense id: en-coolness-en-noun-1vnAGHj5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 1 32 1 32 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 29 6 28 5 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 4 31 3 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 28 3 29 10 28 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 3 32 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of 'the state of being cool, calm': 28 3 37 1 28 3
  4. Indifference; lack of passion or interest. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-coolness-en-noun-b-Oo6GEZ Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 28 3 29 10 28 3
  5. (slang, uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing. Tags: slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-coolness-en-noun-lzEuBMe0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 3 31 2 31 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 1 32 1 32 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 29 6 28 5 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 4 31 3 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 3 31 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 28 3 29 10 28 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 3 32 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 3 31 4 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 2 32 2 32 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 30 2 32 3 30 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 31 2 32 2 31 2
  6. (slang, countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing. Tags: countable, slang, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (the state of being cool, chilly): хладина (hladina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), прохлада (prohlada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), viileys (Finnish), frais (French), dzestrums [masculine] (Latvian), vēsums [masculine] (Latvian), spirgtums (Latvian), ġecēlnes [feminine] (Old English), frio (Portuguese), прохла́да (proxláda) [feminine] (Russian), frescura [feminine] (Spanish), soğukluk (Turkish), קילקייט (kilkeyt) [feminine] (Yiddish) Translations (the state of being pleasing): mojoseco (Esperanto), coolitate [feminine] (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'the state of being cool, chilly': 32 5 30 0 30 3 Disambiguation of 'the state of being pleasing': 31 0 31 1 34 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "spirgtums"
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      "_dis1": "32 5 30 0 30 3",
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      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġecēlnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "32 5 30 0 30 3",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "frio"
    },
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      "word": "прохла́да"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "frescura"
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      "_dis1": "32 5 30 0 30 3",
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
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      "_dis1": "32 5 30 0 30 3",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kilkeyt",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "קילקייט"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 0 31 1 34 3",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the state of being pleasing",
      "word": "mojoseco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "31 0 31 1 34 3",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the state of being pleasing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coolitate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coolness"
}
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -ness",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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        "The state of being cool, i.e. chilly."
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        "(uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. chilly."
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        "The result or product of being cool, i.e. chilly."
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        "(countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. chilly."
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        "The state of being cool, i.e. calm."
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        "(uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. calm."
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        "Indifference; lack of passion or interest."
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        "The state of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing."
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        "(slang, uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing."
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        "The result or product of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing."
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        "(slang, countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing."
      ],
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        "slang",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkuːlnəs/"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hladina",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хладина"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prohlada",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прохлада"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "viileys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "frais"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzestrums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vēsums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "spirgtums"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġecēlnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "frio"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proxláda",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прохла́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frescura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "word": "soğukluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kilkeyt",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, chilly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קילקייט"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the state of being pleasing",
      "word": "mojoseco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the state of being pleasing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coolitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ataraxía",
      "sense": "the state of being cool, calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀταραξία"
    }
  ],
  "word": "coolness"
}

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