froid
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editAdjective
editfroid (feminine froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides)
Synonyms
edit- (Acadian, Louisiana, Cajun French, Quebec, Missouri, New England) frette
Derived terms
editNoun
editfroid m (uncountable)
Derived terms
edit- à froid
- attraper froid
- avoir froid (“to be cold (of a person)”)
- battre froid
- chaîne du froid
- en froid
- faire froid (“to be cold (of the weather)”)
- froid de canard
- froideur
- froidir (“to cool”)
- froidure
- garder la tête froide
- jeter un froid
- ne faire ni chaud ni froid
- ne pas avoir froid aux yeux
- prendre froid
- souffler le chaud et le froid
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Mauritian Creole: frwa
Further reading
edit- “froid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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