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See also: Kool, kóol, and ko'ol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

kool (comparative kooler, superlative koolest)

  1. (slang) Deliberate misspelling of cool.
Usage notes

Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kool Aid.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back slang for look.

Alternative forms

Verb

kool (third-person singular simple present kools, present participle kooling, simple past and past participle kooled)

  1. (obsolete, costermongers) To look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
    • c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎, published 1896, page 161:
      Now kool my downy kicksies—the style for me, / Built on a plan werry naughty,
    • 1903 October, Rev. Arthur Tappan Pierson, quoting Hogg, Quintin, “Quintin Hogg and the London Polytechnic”, in Missionary Review of the World‎, volume 26, number 16, page 734:
      We had not been engaged in our reading very long when at the far end of the arch I noticed a twinkling light. "Kool esclop!" shouted one of the boys, at the same moment doucing the glim and bolting with his companion, leaving me in the dark with my upset beer bottle and my douced candle, forming a spectacle which seemed to arouse suspicion on the part of our friend the policeman, whose light it was that had appeared in the distance.
    • 2014 October 18, “Golborne Road, Miscellaneous Memories”, in WordPress‎, retrieved 6 June 2017:
      “Kool retfa the posh” he’d call to Mum, “I’m going to ekat the yenom to the kaynab” Somewhere Dad had learnt Backslang and this was the preferred medium of communication between him and Mum when there were customers in the shop. What he had just said was, “Look after the shop, I’m taking the money to the bank”
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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊəl/
  • Hyphenation: kool

Etymology 1

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.

Noun

kool (plural kole, diminutive kooltjie)

  1. cabbage, ​cole
Derived terms
  • koolakker
  • koolblaar
  • koolbredie
  • koolkop
  • koolplantjie
  • koolraap
  • koolsaad
  • koolsop
  • koolstronk

Etymology 2

From Dutch kool, from Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

Noun

kool (plural kole, diminutive kooltjie)

  1. coal
  2. carbon
  • koolaanpaksel
  • koolaanslag
  • koolaar
  • koolafval
  • koolbak
  • koolbedding
  • koolborsel
  • kooldamp
  • kooldatering
  • kooldeurslag
  • kooldraad
  • kooldruk
  • kooldrukpapier
  • koolelektrode
  • koolgruis
  • koolhidraat
  • koolhoop
  • koolkamer
  • koolklop
  • koollaag
  • koollaaier
  • koolloos
  • koolmyn
  • koolokside
  • kooloksied
  • koolpapier
  • koolpuin
  • koolpunt
  • koolroet
  • Koolsak
  • koolsif
  • koolskop
  • koolspits
  • koolstof
  • koolstofdioksied
  • koolstofhoudend
  • koolstofmonokside
  • koolstofmonoksied
  • koolstofverbinding
  • koolstoof
  • koolswart
  • koolteer
  • kooltrok
  • koolvalslandmeter
  • koolvesel
  • koolvis
  • koolvorming
  • koolvuur
  • koolwa
  • koolwaterstof
  • koolwaterstofgas
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Cornish

Noun

kool

  1. hard mutation of gool

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Middle Dutch col, cole, from Old Dutch *kōl, *kōla, from Latin caulis.

    Noun

    kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

    1. a cabbage, plant of genus Brassica
      Hypernym: kruisbloem
    2. (particularly) the edible leaves of a Brassica
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Afrikaans: kool
    • Jersey Dutch: kôl
    • Negerhollands: kool
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: koro
    • →⇒ Hokkien: 高麗菜 / 高丽菜
    • → Indonesian: kol
    • → Mahican: gónan
    • → Papiamentu: kolo
    • → Sranan Tongo: kolo
    • → Teochew: 高麗 / 高丽 (go1 lê6)

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Dutch cole, from Old Dutch *kol, *kolo, from Proto-West Germanic *kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).

      May originate from a neuter plurale tantum that was reanalysed as a feminine singular; compare Old Norse kol. Cognate with West Frisian koal, German Kohle, English coal, Danish kul.

      Noun

      kool f (plural kolen, diminutive kooltje n)

      1. coal
      2. carbon
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      Estonian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Middle Low German schôle.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈkoːl/, [ˈkoːl]
      • Rhymes: -oːl
      • Hyphenation: kool

      Noun

      kool (genitive kooli, partitive kooli)

      1. school

      Declension

      More information Declension of (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation), singular ...

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      Further reading

      • “kool”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
      • “kool”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
      • kool in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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      Tlingit

      Noun

      kool (see inflected forms below)

      1. navel; bellybutton

      Inflection

      More information singular, plural ...

      Yucatec Maya

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      kool (transitive)

      1. to touch, to rub

      Noun

      kool (plural kooloʼob)

      1. field, milpa

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