cooler

cooler

See also: Cooler

English

Etymology

cool +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːl.ə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

Noun

cooler (plural coolers)

1. Anything which cools.
   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], OCLC 756901661:

     If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case.

2. An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
3. A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
4. (Canada, South Africa, countable or uncountable) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.

   Coordinate terms: alcopop, malternative

   They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

5. (Philippines, countable) samalamig
6. (US, slang) A prison.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.

7. (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
8. (poker, gambling, colloquial) A cold deck.

Synonyms

• (insulated box)
  • car fridge
  • cool bag, cool box (UK)
  • chilly bin (New Zealand)
  • esky (Australia)
  • ice chest

Derived terms

• California cooler
• cooler bag
• evaporative cooler
• pre-cooler
• swamp cooler
• water cooler
• wine cooler

 

Translations

anything which cools

Finnish: jäähdytin (fi) Georgian: მაგრილებელი (magrilebeli), გამაგრილებელი (gamagrilebeli), მაცივებელი (macivebeli), კულერი (ḳuleri) German: Kühler (de) m Italian: congelatore (it) m, ghiacciaia f, freezer (it) m Macedonian: разладувач m (razladuvač)

insulated bin or box to keep food cold while picnicking or camping

Bulgarian: хладилна чанта (hladilna čanta) Finnish: kylmälaukku (fi) French: glacière (fr) f German: Kühlbox f Hungarian: hűtőtáska (hu) Italian: ghiacciaia f, termos m, thermos (it) m Korean: 아이스박스 (ko) (aiseubakseu) Macedonian: разладувач m (razladuvač) Portuguese: geleira (pt) f (Portugal) Spanish: hielera Swedish: kylbox c Turkish: soğutucu (tr)

chilled mixed drink

Arabic: مبرد‎ (ar) Finnish: cooler (fi)

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative form of cool: more cool

   He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

Derived terms

• cooler heads must prevail
• cooler heads prevail
• cooler heads will prevail

Anagrams

• recool

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Finnish

Etymology

From English cooler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːler/, [ˈkuːle̞r]

Noun

cooler

1. cooler (chilled mixed drink)

Declension

Inflection of cooler (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		cooler	coolerit
genitive		coolerin	coolerien coolereiden coolereitten
partitive		cooleria	coolereita coolereja
illative		cooleriin	coolereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cooler	coolerit
accusative	nom.	cooler	coolerit
	gen.	coolerin
genitive		coolerin	coolerien coolereiden coolereitten
partitive		cooleria	coolereita coolereja
inessive		coolerissa	coolereissa
elative		coolerista	coolereista
illative		cooleriin	coolereihin
adessive		coolerilla	coolereilla
ablative		coolerilta	coolereilta
allative		coolerille	coolereille
essive		coolerina	coolereina
translative		cooleriksi	coolereiksi
instructive		—	coolerein
abessive		cooleritta	coolereitta
comitative		—	coolereineen

Possessive forms of cooler (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	coolerini	coolerimme
2nd person	coolerisi	coolerinne
3rd person	coolerinsa

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German

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Adjective

cooler

1. comparative degree of cool

Adjective

cooler

1. inflection of cool:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural