froid
Meaning
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cold (temperature)
Concepts
cold
coldness
cool
chilly
chill
frigid
bleak
chilliness
frigidity
icy
frost
very cold
coolness
gelid
glacial
stony
bleakness
low temperature
cold-blooded
cold weather
arctic
polar
frigidness
coldly
nippy
shivering fit
shivers
freezing
coldheartedness
cruelty
relentless
ruthless
frozen
ice-cold
calm
fresh
slow
damp
algid
refrigeration
cutting
raw
inhuman
insensate
iciness
common cold
distant
impassive
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁwa/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French froit, freid, inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, on a Pompeian inscription). Doublet of frigide, a later borrowing.
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