refrigerator
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From refrigerate + -or.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/
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Noun[edit]
refrigerator (plural refrigerators)
- A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
- 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[1], 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.
- A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
- One who has a chilling influence.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.
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Terms etymologically related to refrigerator
Descendants[edit]
- → Cebuano: ripridyiritor
- → Malayalam: റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ (ṟaphrijaṟēṟṟaṟ)
Translations[edit]
appliance
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
(Classical) IPA(key): /re.friː.ɡeˈraː.tor/, [rɛfriːɡɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.fri.d͡ʒeˈra.tor/, [refrid͡ʒeˈräːt̪or]
Verb[edit]
refrīgerātor
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French réfrigérateur. Equivalent to refrigera + -tor.
Noun[edit]
refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)
- refrigerator
- Synonym: frigider
Declension[edit]
Declension of refrigerator
singular | plural | |||
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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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