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cold

/ˈkəʊld/KOHLD
/ˈkoʊld/KOHLD

Meaningcold

Common meaning: of low temperature

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GAL‘freeze, be cold’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 99, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old EnglishcealdsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishcoldsource
  4. Englishcold‘of low temperature’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English ceald ‘cold’.

Roots

  • ceald Old English “cold”

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