cooler

See also: Cooler

English

Etymology

From cool +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈku.lɚ/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʉː.lə(ɹ)/
• 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. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:

     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, premix

   They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

5. (Philippines, countable) samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
6. (India, countable) Short for air cooler; evaporative cooler; desert cooler; swamp cooler
7. (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.

8. (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
9. (poker, gambling, colloquial) A cold deck.
10. (poker) A loss suffered while holding a hand which is ordinarily strong, especially one which involves the loss of many chips.
11. (slang, obsolete) A final glass of porter after a session drinking spirits and water.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• aftercooler
• aftercooler
• air cooler
• California cooler
• cooler bag
• coolerful
• cryocooler
• desert cooler
• evaporative cooler
• hydrocooler
• intercooler
• intercooler
• jelly cooler
• overcooler
• pearl cooler
• precooler
• Remsen cooler
• swamp cooler
• water cooler
• wine cooler

 

Translations

anything which cools

• Belarusian: ахаладжа́льнік m (axaladžálʹnik)
• Bulgarian: охлади́тел m (ohladítel)
• 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)
• Russian: охлади́тель (ru) m (oxladítelʹ)
• Ukrainian: охоло́джувач m (oxolódžuvač), охоло́дник m (oxolódnyk)

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

• Bulgarian: хладилна чанта (hladilna čanta)
• Dutch: koelbox (nl) m
• 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), caixa térmica f (Brazil)
• Spanish: hielera f, conservadora térmica f, heladerita f (River Plate), cúler m (Andes), nevera (es) f
• Swedish: kylbox c
• Turkish: soğutucu (tr)

chilled mixed drink

• Arabic: مبرد (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酷樂／酷乐 (kùlè)

• 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

See also

• chiller
• freezer
• heater
• warmer

 

Anagrams

• recool

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
abessive		cooleritta	coolereitta
instructive		—	coolerein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cooler (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative coolerini coolerini accusative nom. coolerini coolerini gen. coolerini genitive coolerini coolerieni coolereideni coolereitteni partitive cooleriani coolereitani coolerejani inessive coolerissani coolereissani elative cooleristani coolereistani illative cooleriini coolereihini adessive coolerillani coolereillani ablative cooleriltani coolereiltani allative coolerilleni coolereilleni essive coolerinani coolereinani translative coolerikseni coolereikseni abessive coolerittani coolereittani instructive — — comitative — coolereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative coolerisi coolerisi accusative nom. coolerisi coolerisi gen. coolerisi genitive coolerisi cooleriesi coolereidesi coolereittesi partitive cooleriasi coolereitasi coolerejasi inessive coolerissasi coolereissasi elative cooleristasi coolereistasi illative cooleriisi coolereihisi adessive coolerillasi coolereillasi ablative cooleriltasi coolereiltasi allative coolerillesi coolereillesi essive coolerinasi coolereinasi translative cooleriksesi coolereiksesi abessive coolerittasi coolereittasi instructive — — comitative — coolereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative coolerimme coolerimme accusative nom. coolerimme coolerimme gen. coolerimme genitive coolerimme cooleriemme coolereidemme coolereittemme partitive cooleriamme coolereitamme coolerejamme inessive coolerissamme coolereissamme elative cooleristamme coolereistamme illative cooleriimme coolereihimme adessive coolerillamme coolereillamme ablative cooleriltamme coolereiltamme allative coolerillemme coolereillemme essive coolerinamme coolereinamme translative cooleriksemme coolereiksemme abessive coolerittamme coolereittamme instructive — — comitative — coolereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative coolerinne coolerinne accusative nom. coolerinne coolerinne gen. coolerinne genitive coolerinne coolerienne coolereidenne coolereittenne partitive coolerianne coolereitanne coolerejanne inessive coolerissanne coolereissanne elative cooleristanne coolereistanne illative cooleriinne coolereihinne adessive coolerillanne coolereillanne ablative cooleriltanne coolereiltanne allative coolerillenne coolereillenne essive coolerinanne coolereinanne translative cooleriksenne coolereiksenne abessive coolerittanne coolereittanne instructive — — comitative — coolereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative coolerinsa coolerinsa accusative nom. coolerinsa coolerinsa gen. coolerinsa genitive coolerinsa cooleriensa coolereidensa coolereittensa partitive cooleriaan cooleriansa coolereitaan coolerejaan coolereitansa coolerejansa inessive coolerissaan coolerissansa coolereissaan coolereissansa elative cooleristaan cooleristansa coolereistaan coolereistansa illative cooleriinsa coolereihinsa adessive coolerillaan coolerillansa coolereillaan coolereillansa ablative cooleriltaan cooleriltansa coolereiltaan coolereiltansa allative coolerilleen coolerillensa coolereilleen coolereillensa essive coolerinaan coolerinansa coolereinaan coolereinansa translative coolerikseen cooleriksensa coolereikseen coolereiksensa abessive coolerittaan coolerittansa coolereittaan coolereittansa instructive — — comitative — coolereineen coolereinensa

German

Pronunciation

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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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cúler

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cooler.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈku.leɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.leɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈku.lɛɾ/

• Rhymes: -uleʁ, -ulɛɾ
• Hyphenation: coo‧ler

Noun

cooler m (plural coolers)

1. (Brazil) cooler (insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping)

   Synonyms: geleira, caixa térmica

Further reading

• “cooler”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024