refrigerator

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English

Etymology

From refrigerate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/
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Noun

refrigerator (plural refrigerators)

An open refrigerator
  1. A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
    Hyponym: walk-in
    Meronym: condenser
    Coordinate term: freezer
    • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11:
      Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  2. A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
    Meronym: condenser
    Coordinate term: freezer
  3. One who has a chilling influence.

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.friː.ɡeˈraː.tor/,

Verb

refrīgerātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of refrīgerō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réfrigérateur. Equivalent to refrigera +‎ -tor.

Noun

refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)

  1. refrigerator
    Synonym: frigider

Declension

Declension of refrigerator
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) refrigerator refrigeratorul (niște) refrigeratoare refrigeratoarele
genitive/dative (unui) refrigerator refrigeratorului (unor) refrigeratoare refrigeratoarelor
vocative refrigeratorule refrigeratoarelor
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