cooling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

Verb

cooling

1. present participle of cool

Noun

cooling (plural coolings)

1. A decrease in temperature.
2. Refrigeration.

Translations

decrease in temperature

• Finnish: jäähtyminen (fi), viilentyminen
• French: refroidissement (fr) m
• Irish: fuarú m
• Italian: raffreddamento (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøling m or f, avkjøling m or f

  Nynorsk: kjøling f, avkjøling f

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• Russian: похолода́ние (ru) n (poxolodánije) (weather), охлажде́ние (ru) n (oxlaždénije)
• Slovak: ochladenie, chladnutie
• Spanish: enfriamiento (es) m

refrigeration

• Belarusian: ахало́джванне n (axalódžvannje) (process), ахаладжэ́нне n (axaladžénnje) (state)
• Bulgarian: охлаждане (bg) n (ohlaždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷卻／冷却 (zh) (lěngquè)

• Czech: chlazení n
• Finnish: jäähdyttäminen (fi), viilentäminen (process)
• French: refroidissement (fr) m
• German: Kühlung (de) f
• Hebrew: קירור m (qirur)
• Italian: raffreddamento (it) m
• Japanese: 冷却 (ja) (れいきゃく, reikyaku)
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• Macedonian: разладување n (razladuvanje), ладење n (ladenje)
• Polish: chłodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: arrefecimento m, refrigeração (pt) f
• Russian: охлажде́ние (ru) n (oxlaždénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хлађење n

  Roman: hlađenje n

• Slovak: chladenie n
• Slovene: hlajenje n
• Spanish: enfriamiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: охоло́дження n (oxolódžennja)

Adjective

cooling (comparative more cooling, superlative most cooling)

1. That cools.
2. (Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 187:

     "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"

Synonyms

• (that cools): frigorific
• (serving to cool or calm the body):

Antonyms

• (serving to cool or calm the body): heaty

Derived terms

• cooling board
• cooling curve
• cooling glasses
• cooling-off period
• cooling pond
• cooling rack
• cooling tower

 

Translations

that cools

• Finnish: viilentävä, jäähdyttävä (fi)
• Macedonian: разладен m (razladen)
• Portuguese: refrigerante (pt) m
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• Russian: охлажда́ющий (ru) (oxlaždájuščij)
• Slovak: chladiaci
• Spanish: refrigerante

Anagrams

• locoing