supercool
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: so͞o′pər-ko͞ol′
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.pəˌkuːl/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsu.pəɹˌkul/
Audio (US): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsʉː.pəˌkʉːl/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsʉː.pɐˌkʉːl/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsʉ.pəɹˌkʉl/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.pɜʳˌkuːl/
- Hyphenation: su‧per‧cool
Verb
supercool (third-person singular simple present supercools, present participle supercooling, simple past and past participle supercooled)
- (physics) To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring.
- Synonym: undercool
Translations
to cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring
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Adjective
supercool (comparative more supercool, superlative most supercool)
- (informal) Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable.
- 2009, Bob LeVitus, Mac OS X Snow Leopard For Dummies, page 323:
- On to how to access your Home folder from a remote Mac — a supercool feature that's only bound to get more popular as the Internet continues to mature.
Translations
very cool
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English supercool. By surface analysis, super- + cool.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsy.pər.kul/, /ˈsy.pər.kuːl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: su‧per‧cool
Adjective
supercool (not comparable)
- (informal) supercool (very cool)
Declension
Declension of supercool | ||||
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uninflected | supercool | |||
inflected | supercoole | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | supercool | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | supercoole | ||
n. sing. | supercool | |||
plural | supercoole | |||
definite | supercoole | |||
partitive | supercools |