cold

Signification

Adj

1. Having a low temperature.
2. Causing the air to be cold.
3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
5. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
7. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
8. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
9. Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
10. Cornered; done for.
11. (slang) Cool, impressive.
12. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
13. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
14. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
15. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
16. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
17. Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
18. Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
19. (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.
20. (informal) Not radioactive.
21. Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
22. Without electrical power being supplied.

Noun

1. A condition of low temperature.
2. A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
3. A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
4. (slang) Rheum; sleepy dust.

Adv

1. At a low temperature.
2. Without preparation.
3. (informal,slang) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəʊld/

Étymologie

From Middle English cold, from Old English, specifically Anglian cald. The West Saxon form, ċeald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalaną (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots cald, cauld (“cold”), Saterland Frisian koold (“cold”), West Frisian kâld (“cold”), Dutch koud (“cold”), Low German kold, koolt, koold (“cold”), German kalt (“cold”), Danish kold (“cold”), Norwegian kald (“cold”), Swedish kall (“cold”).

Phrases

You cannot brew tea in a cold pot .

Vous ne pouvez pas préparer du thé dans un pot froid.

The cold drizzle will halt the bond drive .

La bruine froide arrêtera le lecteur de Bond.

Their parody of " Baby It's Cold Outside ", recorded with June Carter , became a hit .

Leur parodie de "Baby It's Cold Outside", enregistrée avec June Carter, est devenue un succès.