frigid

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (cold), from frīgeō (I am cold), from frīgus (cold, coldness), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: frĭj'ĭd, IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd

Adjective

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frigid (comparative more frigid or frigider, superlative most frigid or frigidest)

  1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
    • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 [], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427:
      A frigid, fine rain was falling.
    • 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
      Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
  2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
  3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.

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References

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Danish

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Adjective

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frigid

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

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Inflection of frigid
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular frigid 2
Indefinite neuter singular frigidt 2
Plural frigide 2
Definite attributive1 frigide
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fʁiˈɡiːt]
  • Hyphenation: fri‧gid
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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frigid (strong nominative masculine singular frigider, comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

  1. Alternative form of frigide

Declension

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Further reading

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  • frigid” in Duden online
  • frigid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.

Adjective

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frigid m or n (feminine singular frigidă, masculine plural frigizi, feminine and neuter plural frigide)

  1. frigid

Declension

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