English

rank|didn't|natural|laid|517|cold|led|low|American

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/k��ld/, SAMPA|/k@Uld/
a|US AHD|k�ld, IPA|/ko�ld/, SAMPA|/koUld/
audio|en-us-cold.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��ld|-��ld

Etymology
OE. term|cald|lang=ang

Adjective
en-adj|er

1. context|of a thing having a low temperature.

#:A cold wind whistled through the trees.

1. context|of the weather causing the air to be cold.

#:The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

1. context|of a person or animal feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

#:She was so cold she was shivering.

1. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.

#:She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

1. Completely unprepared.

#:The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

Synonyms
sense|of a thing, having a low temperature chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy
sense|of the weather qualifier|UK|slang brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters
sense|of a person or animal
sense|unfriendly aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming
sense|unprepared unprepared, unready

Antonyms
sense|having a low temperature baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm
sense|of the weather hot (See the corresponding synonyms of term|hot.)
sense|of a person or animal hot (See the corresponding synonyms of term|hot.)
sense|unfriendly amiable, friendly, welcoming
sense|unprepared prepared, primed, ready

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the adjective cold
as cold as ice, cold as ice
as cold as the grave, cold as the grave
blow hot and cold
bring someone out in a cold sweat
coldness
cold-blooded
cold call
cold comfort
cold cream
cold cuts
cold-eyed
cold fish
cold front
cold-hearted
cold heart, warm hands
cold-read
cold reading
cold snap
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cold start
cold storage
cold store
cold turkey
cold war
cold-weld
come in from the cold
freezing cold
get cold feet
give someone the cold shoulder
in cold blood
in the cold light of day
leave someone cold
leave someone out in the cold
make one's blood run cold
stone-cold
throw cold water on
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Slovene: mrzel m <!-- Non-lemma adjective forms do not belong in translation tables: mrzla f, mrzlo n -->
Spanish: t+|es|frío|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kall
Tagalog: lamig
Telugu: శ�తల, �ల�లని
Tupinambá: ro'y
Welsh: t-|cy|oer|xs=Welsh
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<!--Weather-->
trans-top|of the weather
French: sense|to be cold t-|fr|faire froid i|idiom in French; there is no translation for the adjective alone
Greek, Modern: sense|it is cold t|el|κάνει κ��ο|trkánei krúo|scGrek i|idiom in Greek; there is no translation for the adjective alone
Japanese: �� (���, samui)
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Russian: t-|ru|�олодно|trxólodno|scCyrl
Scots: cauld
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<!--Person-->
trans-top|of a person
French: sense|to be cold t-|fr|avoir froid i|idiom in French; there is no translation for the adjective alone
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Italian: sense|to be cold t-|it|avere freddo i|idiom in Italian; there is no translation for the adjective alone
Polish: t-|pl|przezi�biony|m
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<!--Unfriendly-->
trans-top|unfriendly
Catalan: fred
Dutch: t+|nl|koud, t-|nl|afstandelijk, t-|nl|koel
German: t-|de|kaltherzig
Finnish: t+|fi|kylmä, t-|fi|kalsea
French: t+|fr|froid|m
Italian: t+|it|freddo|m
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Japanese: ���� (tsurenai), ��� (����, tsumetai)
Polish: t-|pl|ch�odny|m, t-|pl|ozi�b�y|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|frio|m
Serbian hladan m
Swedish: t+|sv|kall
Tagalog: malamíg, manlamíg
Telugu: ప�ర���న�న
Welsh: anghynnes, oeraidd
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<!--Unprepared-->
trans-top|unprepared
Dutch: t-|nl|onvoorbereid
Esperanto: t-|eo|malafabla|xs=Esperanto
German: jemand kalt erwischen
Finnish: kylmiltään i|predicative
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French: t+|fr|froid|f
Polish: t-|pl|nieprzygotowany
Russian: t-|ru|неп�иго�овленн�й|trneprigotóvlennyj|scCyrl
Serbian: nespreman m, nepripremljen m
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: yen#Breton|yen (1, 2)
ttbc|Chinese Characters: �; �; �; �, �; �, 沧; �; �; �, �; �

Noun
en-noun

1. A condition of low temperature.

#:Come in, out of the cold.

1. medicine A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

#:I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week.

Synonyms
sense|low temperature coldness
sense|illness coryza, common cold

Derived terms
rel-top|Terms derived from the noun cold
catch cold
catch one's death of cold
cold sore
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cold virus
common cold
head cold
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Slovene: t+|sl|mraz|m, t-|sl|hlad|m
Spanish: t+|es|frío|m
Swedish: t-|sv|kyla|c, t-|sv|köld|c
Tagalog: kalamigán
Telugu: శ�తల�
Welsh: oerfel
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trans-top|illness
Chinese: �� (g�nmào)
Czech: t-|cs|nachlazení|n
Dutch: t-|nl|verkoudheid|f
Finnish: t-|fi|nuha, t-|fi|vilustuminen
French: t-|fr|rhume|f
German: t-|de|Erkältung|f, qualifier|Austrian t-|de|Verkühlung|f
Icelandic: t+|is|kvef|n
Italian: t+|it|raffreddore|m, t+|it|influenza|f
Japanese: 風� (��, kaze), �� (����, kamb�)
Polish: t-|pl|przezi�bienie|n
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Portuguese: t-|pt|constipação|f, t+|pt|resfriado|m
Romanian: t-|ro|grip�|f, t-|ro|r�ceal�|f
Russian: t-|ru|п�о���да|f|trprostúda|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: cnatan m
Serbian: prehlada f
Slovene: t+|sl|prehlad|m
Spanish: t+|es|constipado|m, t+|es|gripe|f, t+|es|gripa|f
Swedish: t-|sv|förkylning|c
Tagalog: sipón
Telugu: �ల�బ�
Welsh: annwyd
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Anagrams
clod

See also
cool
fresh
lukewarm
tepid

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