coolness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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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”).
coolness (usually uncountable, plural coolnesses)
- (uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. chilly.
- (countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. chilly.
- (uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. calm.
- Indifference; lack of friendliness or interest.
- (slang, uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing.
- (slang, countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. good or pleasing. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
the state of being cool, chilly
- Bulgarian: хладина (bg) f (hladina), прохлада (bg) f (prohlada)
- Catalan: frescor f
- Finnish: viileys (fi)
- French: frais (fr)
- Greek: δροσιά (el) f (drosiá) (of air)
- Latvian: dzestrums m, vēsums m, spirgtums
- Old English: ġecēlnes f
- Portuguese: frio (pt)
- Russian: прохла́да (ru) f (proxláda)
- Spanish: frescura (es) f
- Turkish: soğukluk (tr)
- Ukrainian: прохоло́да f (proxolóda)
- Yiddish: קילקייט f (kilkeyt)
the state of being cool, calm
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀταραξία f (ataraxía)