froid
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁwɑ/
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Adjective
froid (feminine singular froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides)
- cold (temperature)
Antonyms
- (cold): chaud (“warm, hot”)
Derived terms
- avoir froid (“to be cold (of a person)”)
- faire froid (“to be cold (of the weather)”)
- froidir (“to cool”)
- froideur
- froidure
- chat échaudé craint l'eau froide (“once bitten, twice shy”)
Descendants
- Mauritian Creole: frwa
Further reading
- “froid” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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