クール

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ク​ール [kúꜜùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English cool.

Adjective

クール • (kūru) -na (adnominal クールな (kūru na na), adverbial クールに (kūru ni ni))

  1. cool (having a slightly low temperature)
  2. cool (not showing emotion, calm)
  3. cool (colloquial: being considered as "popular" by others)
    • 2005 August 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)六(ろく)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) 外(がい)見(けん)だけで人(ひと)を判(はん)断(だん)しちゃダメ”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      土(ひじ)方(かた)はんって 二(に)枚(まい)目(め)やしクールやし
      Hijikata-han tte nimaime yashi kūru yashi
      Hijikata, yer so cool and handsome!
      さぞモテはるんでしょ?
      Sazo moteharun desho?
      Bet yer very popular with the ladies! Ain’tcha?
  4. cool (colloquial: in fashion)
Inflection
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French cours.

Noun

クール • (kūru) 

  1. a 13-week unit of television broadcasting
Descendants
  • → English: cours, cour
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