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English
Etymology
Proprietary name of a brand of refrigerators.
Pronunciation
Noun
frigidaire (plural frigidaires)
- (now historical) Trademark for a refrigerator.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:“Have you seen Kipper?” I wouldn't say she snorted, but she certainly sniffed. “Bertie,” she said in a voice straight from the frigidaire, “will you do me a favour?” “Of course. What?” “Don't mention that rat's name in my presence,” she said, and pushed off, the eyelids still weary.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Penguin, published 2004, page 659:Carpets were spread, divans appeared, as also the latest creation from Italy, a portable frigidaire which held countless bowls of sorbet and iced lemon tea.
French
Etymology
Proprietary name, apparently originally based on Latin frigidarium.
Pronunciation
Noun
frigidaire m (plural frigidaires)
- a refrigerator
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Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French frigidaire, from a genericized trademark based on Latin frīgidārium, derived from frīgidus (“cold, cool”). Doublet of frigidario.
Pronunciation
Noun
frigidaire m (invariable)
- (obsolete) refrigerator
- Synonym: frigorifero
Further reading
- frigidaire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana