froideur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French froideur.

Noun

froideur (usually uncountable, plural froideurs)

  1. (usually italicized) A chill in relations
    • 2001, Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan, →ISBN, page 548:
      "There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.

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French

Etymology

froid + -eur. Compare Catalan fredor, Spanish frior.

Noun

froideur f (plural froideurs)

  1. coldness, cold

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