# cooler
## English
### Etymology

From cool +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkuː.lə(ɹ)/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈku.lɚ/
** Audio (California):(file)
** Audio (Texas):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkʉː.lə(ɹ)/
* Rhymes: -uːlə(ɹ)

### Noun

cooler (plural coolers)
* Anything which cools.
** 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case.
* An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
** 2007 January 1, The New York Times‎:While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.
* A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
** 2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in The New York Times‎:He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.
* (Canada, South Africa, countable or uncountable) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.
    Coordinate terms: alcopop, malternative, premix
    They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
* (Philippines, countable) samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
* (India, countable) Short for air cooler; evaporative cooler; desert cooler; swamp cooler
* (US, slang) A prison.
** 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep:About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.
* (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
* (poker, gambling, colloquial) A cold deck.
* (poker) A loss suffered while holding a hand which is ordinarily strong, especially one which involves the loss of many chips.
* (slang, obsolete) A final glass of porter after a session drinking spirits and water.

#### Synonyms

* (insulated box)
** car fridge
** cool bag, cool box (UK)
** chilly bin (New Zealand)
** esky (Australia)
** ice chest

#### Derived terms

* aftercooler
* air cooler
* California cooler
* cooler bag
* coolerful
* cryocooler
* desert cooler
* evaporative cooler
* hydrocooler
* intercooler
* jelly cooler
* overcooler
* pearl cooler
* precooler
* Remsen cooler
* swamp cooler
* water cooler
* wine cooler

#### Translations
### Adjective

cooler
* comparative form of cool: more cool
    He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

#### Derived terms

* cooler heads must prevail
* cooler heads prevail
* cooler heads will prevail

### See also

* chiller
* freezer
* heater
* warmer

### Anagrams

* recool

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuːlər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: coo‧ler

### Adjective

cooler
* comparative degree of cool

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cooler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuːler/, [ˈkuːle̞r]
* Rhymes: -uːler

### Noun

cooler
* cooler (chilled mixed drink)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cooler (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
coolerini
coolerini
accusative
nom.
coolerini
coolerini
gen.
coolerini
genitive
coolerini
coolerieni coolereideni coolereitteni
partitive
cooleriani
coolereitani coolerejani
inessive
coolerissani
coolereissani
elative
cooleristani
coolereistani
illative
cooleriini
coolereihini
adessive
coolerillani
coolereillani
ablative
cooleriltani
coolereiltani
allative
coolerilleni
coolereilleni
essive
coolerinani
coolereinani
translative
coolerikseni
coolereikseni
abessive
coolerittani
coolereittani
instructive
comitative
—coolereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
coolerisi
coolerisi
accusative
nom.
coolerisi
coolerisi
gen.
coolerisi
genitive
coolerisi
cooleriesi coolereidesi coolereittesi
partitive
cooleriasi
coolereitasi coolerejasi
inessive
coolerissasi
coolereissasi
elative
cooleristasi
coolereistasi
illative
cooleriisi
coolereihisi
adessive
coolerillasi
coolereillasi
ablative
cooleriltasi
coolereiltasi
allative
coolerillesi
coolereillesi
essive
coolerinasi
coolereinasi
translative
cooleriksesi
coolereiksesi
abessive
coolerittasi
coolereittasi
instructive
comitative
—coolereinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
coolerimme
coolerimme
accusative
nom.
coolerimme
coolerimme
gen.
coolerimme
genitive
coolerimme
cooleriemme coolereidemme coolereittemme
partitive
cooleriamme
coolereitamme coolerejamme
inessive
coolerissamme
coolereissamme
elative
cooleristamme
coolereistamme
illative
cooleriimme
coolereihimme
adessive
coolerillamme
coolereillamme
ablative
cooleriltamme
coolereiltamme
allative
coolerillemme
coolereillemme
essive
coolerinamme
coolereinamme
translative
cooleriksemme
coolereiksemme
abessive
coolerittamme
coolereittamme
instructive
comitative
—coolereinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
coolerinne
coolerinne
accusative
nom.
coolerinne
coolerinne
gen.
coolerinne
genitive
coolerinne
coolerienne coolereidenne coolereittenne
partitive
coolerianne
coolereitanne coolerejanne
inessive
coolerissanne
coolereissanne
elative
cooleristanne
coolereistanne
illative
cooleriinne
coolereihinne
adessive
coolerillanne
coolereillanne
ablative
cooleriltanne
coolereiltanne
allative
coolerillenne
coolereillenne
essive
coolerinanne
coolereinanne
translative
cooleriksenne
coolereiksenne
abessive
coolerittanne
coolereittanne
instructive
comitative
—coolereinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
coolerinsa
coolerinsa
accusative
nom.
coolerinsa
coolerinsa
gen.
coolerinsa
genitive
coolerinsa
cooleriensa coolereidensa coolereittensa
partitive
cooleriaan cooleriansa
coolereitaan coolerejaan coolereitansa coolerejansa
inessive
coolerissaan coolerissansa
coolereissaan coolereissansa
elative
cooleristaan cooleristansa
coolereistaan coolereistansa
illative
cooleriinsa
coolereihinsa
adessive
coolerillaan coolerillansa
coolereillaan coolereillansa
ablative
cooleriltaan cooleriltansa
coolereiltaan coolereiltansa
allative
coolerilleen coolerillensa
coolereilleen coolereillensa
essive
coolerinaan coolerinansa
coolereinaan coolereinansa
translative
coolerikseen cooleriksensa
coolereikseen coolereiksensa
abessive
coolerittaan coolerittansa
coolereittaan coolereittansa
instructive
comitative
—coolereineen coolereinensa :

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

cooler
* comparative degree of cool

### Adjective

cooler
* inflection of cool:
** strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
** strong genitive/dative feminine singular
** strong genitive plural

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* cúler

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cooler.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈku.leɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈku.leʁ/ [ˈku.leχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈku.leɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈku.lɛɾ/
* Rhymes: -uleʁ, -ulɛɾ
* Hyphenation: coo‧ler

### Noun

cooler m (plural coolers)
* (Brazil) cooler (insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping)
    Synonyms: geleira, caixa térmica

### Further reading

* “cooler”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025