Albanian

Verb

kul ‎(first-person singular past tense (për)kula, participle (për)kulur)

1. to bend, crouch, bow

Derived terms

• përkul

Arin

Noun

kul

1. water

References

• Laut- und Wortgeschichte der Türksprachen (ISBN 3447037385, 1995)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- ‎(“to burn, shine”). Compare Swedish kol, German Kohle, Dutch kool, English coal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl/, [kʰɔl]

Noun

kul n (singular definite kullet, plural indefinite kul)

1. coal

Inflection

Etymology 2

See kule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːl/, [kʰuːˀl]

Verb

kul

1. imperative of kule

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏl/

Etymology

Short for flauwekul, a compound of the adjective flauw, 'insipid, tasteless' and the Middle Dutch noun kul 'testicle'.

Noun

kul m ‎(uncountable)

1. nonsense, rubbish

Derived terms

• kulargument
• kulverhaal

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul/, [kul]

Noun

kul m ‎(plural kuly, Perso-Arabic تریش, Devanagari त्रेश)

1. tree

   Tsú khotukh kulis.‎

   You climbed up the tree.

Declension

Lojban

Rafsi

kul

1. rafsi of ckule.

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉːɽ/, /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ, -ʉːl
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Noun

kul m

1. bump (in the head or on a level surface)

Etymology 2

From Swedish kul, with meaning influenced by English cool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

Adjective

kul

1. cool (awesome)

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

Verb

kul

1. imperative of kule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English cool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kûːl/

Adjective

kȗl ‎(Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

1. cool: popular, great, in fashion

   Taj frajer je zbilja kul! — That dude is really cool!

Adverb

kȗl ‎(Cyrillic spelling ку̑л)

1. cool, in a cool manner

Swedish

Etymology

Unclear origin. First seen in 1911.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʉːl/
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

Adjective

kul

1. fun, nice, enjoyable, amusing

Declension

No inflected forms. Sometimes kulig is used when inflected forms are needed.

Related terms

• jättekul
• kulig
• skitkul

See also

• kula
• rolig
• skoj

References

• kul in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kul, from Proto-Turkic *Kul ‎(“slave, servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊl/
• Hyphenation: kul

Noun

kul ‎(definite accusative kulu, plural kullar)

1. servant

Related terms

• hatasız kul olmaz

Declension

Yucatec Maya

Verb

kul (positional)

1. to sit