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French
Etymology
Inherited 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
Adjective
froid (feminine froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides)
- cold (temperature)
- Antonym: chaud (“warm, hot”)
Synonyms
- (Acadian, Louisiana, Cajun French, Quebec) frette
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Noun
froid m (uncountable)
- (pathology) cold, chill
- (of a relationship) distance, strain
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