koel

From Hindi कोयल (koyal), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila) which is of onomatopoeic origin.

koel (plural koels)

1. A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
   • 1994, Dorothy Porter, The Monkey's Mask, page 49:

     It's a beautiful night / a koel starts up / its one weird note.

• Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
• Australian koel (Eudynamys (orientalis) cyanocephalus)
• black-billed koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus)
• eastern koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
• Pacific koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
• western koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

• “koel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “koel” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
• “koel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Elko, Kole, loke

• IPA^(key): /kul/
• Rhymes: -ul

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• Homophone: cool

From Middle Dutch coel, from Old Dutch *kuol, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz.

koel (comparative koeler, superlative koelst)

1. (literally) cold, chilly (having a low temperature)
2. (figuratively) without warm feelings
3. (figuratively) cool, with an in-control image

• koelen
• koelte
• koeltjes
• koele kikker

• Berbice Creole Dutch: kulu
• Negerhollands: koel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

koel

1. first-person singular present indicative of koelen
2. imperative of koelen

• loke

koel

1. adessive singular of kude

From Old Frisian *kōl, from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī).

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯l/

koel

1. cool

• “koel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011