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froid.

cold (temperature)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/fʁwa//fʁwɑ/
  1. cold (temperature)

  2. distant, unfriendly

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French froit, 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.

noun/fʁwa//fʁwɑ/
  1. cold, chill

    masculine · uncountable
  2. distance, strain

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French froit, 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.

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