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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfred.do/
- Rhymes: -eddo
- Hyphenation: fréd‧do
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, found in a Pompeian inscription), itself from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-. Doublet of frigido, a later borrowing.
Adjective
freddo (feminine fredda, masculine plural freddi, feminine plural fredde, superlative freddissimo, diminutive freddìno or freddolìno or freddùccio, pejorative freddàccio)
- cold
- Synonyms: gelato, ghiaccio, scostante
- Antonyms: caldo, appassionato
Derived terms
Noun
freddo m (plural freddi)
- the cold
- chill
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
freddo
- first-person singular present indicative of freddare