koel

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See also: Kǫe̩l, köl, and -köl

English

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Etymology

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From Hindi कोयल (koyal), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila) which is of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

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koel (plural koels)

  1. A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
    • 1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, page 49:
      It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch coel, from Old Dutch *kuol, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz.

Adjective

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koel (comparative koeler, superlative koelst)

  1. (literally) cold, chilly (having a low temperature)
  2. (figuratively) without warm feelings
  3. (figuratively) cool, with an in-control image
Declension
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Declension of koel
uninflected koel
inflected koele
comparative koeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial koel koeler het koelst
het koelste
indefinite m./f. sing. koele koelere koelste
n. sing. koel koeler koelste
plural koele koelere koelste
definite koele koelere koelste
partitive koels koelers
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kulu
  • Negerhollands: koel

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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koel

  1. inflection of koelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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Estonian

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Noun

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koel

  1. adessive singular of kude

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian *kōl, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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koel

  1. cool

Inflection

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Inflection of koel
uninflected koel
inflected koele
comparative koelder
koeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial koel koelder
koeler
it koelst
it koelste
indefinite c. sing. koele koeldere
koelere
koelste
n. sing. koel koelder
koeler
koelste
plural koele koeldere
koelere
koelste
definite koele koeldere
koelere
koelste
partitive koels koelders
koelers

Further reading

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  • koel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011