froid
Sentences
Meaning
Concepts
very cold
cold weather
low temperature
shivering fit
Opposite of
chaud
Synonyms
très froid
sans pitié
se refroidir
il fait froid
très frais
basse température
freu
froideur glaciale
froid glacial
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʁwa/
Etymology
In summary
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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