cold wave

See also: coldwave

English

Noun

cold wave (countable and uncountable, plural cold waves)

1. A short period of very cold weather.

   Synonyms: cold snap, cold spell

   Antonym: heatwave

2. A permanent wave in the hair set by special solutions without the aid of any heating machine.
3. (uncountable, music) Alternative spelling of coldwave (“European post-punk music sub-genre”)
   • 2009 July 13, Louis Pattison, “Scene and heard: Cold wave”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Not so much forgotten as little heard in the first place, cold wave – and its dancier, synth-powered cousin, minimal wave – finds its roots in early 80s France.

Translations

a short period with a considerable fall in temperature — see also cold snap

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寒流 (zh) (hánliú)

• Dutch: koudegolf m
• Finnish: kylmäaalto
• French: vague de froid (fr)
• Georgian: ტემპერატურის ვარდნა (ṭemṗeraṭuris vardna), უეცარი აციება (uecari acieba)
• German: Kältewelle (de) f
• Hungarian: hideghullám (hu)
• Icelandic: kuldabylgja (is) f
• Japanese: 寒波 (ja) (かんぱ, kanpa)
• Spanish: ola de frío
• Swedish: köldvåg (sv) c
• Vietnamese: sóng lạnh

Further reading

• cold wave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cold wave (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia