froid

French

Etymology

From Old French froit, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō, from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fʁwa/, X-SAMPA: /fRwa/

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Adjective

froid m (feminine froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides)

1. cold (temperature)

Noun

froid m (usually uncountable)

1. (pathology) cold, chill
2. (of a relationship) distance, strain

Antonyms

• (cold): chaud (“warm, hot”)

Derived terms

• avoir froid (“to be cold (of a person)”)
• faire froid (“to be cold (of the weather)”)
• froidir (“to cool”)
• chat échaudé craint l'eau froide (“once bitten, twice shy”)