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Kälte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chill noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  • cold adj Having a low temperature; not warm.
  • coldness noun A low temperature; the state of lacking heat.

Senses

Kälte is used for these senses in English:

  • chill A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
  • chill An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
  • cold (uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

chill — full definition

  1. noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  2. adj Calm and relaxed; easygoing about a situation.
  3. verb To make something cold, or to become cold.
  4. verb To relax and take it easy, often with other people.

cold — full definition

  1. adj Having a low temperature; not warm.
  2. adj Unfriendly or emotionally distant; lacking warmth toward other people.
  3. adj Not prepared or warmed up; done without practice or introduction.
  4. noun A common mild illness that causes a blocked or runny nose, sneezing, and sometimes a sore throat.

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