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French
Etymology
From froid + -ure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁwa.dyʁ/ ~ /fʁwɑ.dyʁ/
Noun
froidure f (plural froidures)
- (literary) cold
- (poetic) winter
- (medicine) frostbite
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
froit + -ure.
Noun
froidure oblique singular, f (oblique plural froidures, nominative singular froidure, nominative plural froidures)
- cold (low ambient temperature)
1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):Elle commence avec froidure congelant et par horripilation et confraction du dos- It starts with a feeling of freezing cold, cold shivers and cracking of the back
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