Tsinun (צינון) means cooling in Hebrew.
It can also mean common cold. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
cooling, common cold
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Tsinun.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1קירור, הפחתת חום.
- 2בהשאלההפחתת עוצמה של רגשות.
- 3רפואההצטננות, התקררות, דלקת של דרכי הנשימה העליונות (האף, הגרון, בית־הקול וקנה־הנשימה).
- 4בהשאלהפסק זמן הנדרש מבעלי תפקידים מסוימים בין תפקיד לתפקיד (רווח יותר הצירוף תְּקוּפַת צִנּוּן).
The word Tsinun is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- צִנּוּן
- Written without vowel points
- צינון
- Said
- tsinun
- Root
- צ־נ־נ
- Pattern
- קִטּוּל
- Plural
- צִנּוּנִים
- Inflections
- ר' צִנּוּנִים; צִנּוּן־, ר' צִנּוּנֵי־
- Gematria
- 206
This is how Tsinun is said in other languages.
- English
- cooling, common cold
- Arabic
- تبريد, برد, زكام
- Russian
- охлаждение, простуда
- French
- refroidissement, rhume
- Spanish
- enfriamiento, resfrío
- German
- Kühlung, Erkältung
- Yiddish
- פאַרקילונג
These words mean nearly the same as Tsinun.
- קרור
- הרגעה
- הצטננותcommon cold
- התקררות
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Tsinun.
These words rhyme with Tsinun.
The word Tsinun is part of these phrases and sayings.
- מערכת צנון
- צנון הרוחות
- תקופת צנון
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Tsinun comes from the root צ־נ־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Tsinun in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tsinun.
What does Tsinun (צינון) mean in Hebrew?
Tsinun (צינון) means cooling and common cold. It is said tsinun, with the stress on nun.
What is a synonym for Tsinun (צינון)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Tsinun (צינון) are קרור, הרגעה, הצטננות, and התקררות.
What is the opposite of Tsinun (צינון)?
Words that mean the opposite of Tsinun (צינון) are חימום.
What rhymes with Tsinun (צינון)?
Words that rhyme with Tsinun (צינון) include סיפון, ארגון, אמון, ציון, נתון, and חיסון.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry צנון of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.