frigid
See also: frígid
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frigid (comparative more frigid or frigider, superlative most frigid or frigidest)
- 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.
- Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
- (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 125:
- In Italy, a plant called Pizza ugurdu is said to excite powerful erotic feelings even in the most frigid.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]very cold
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chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive
sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman
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References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frigid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “frigid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frigid
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Inflection
[edit]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite 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.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frigid (strong nominative masculine singular frigider, comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)
- alternative form of frigide
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of frigid
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist frigid | sie ist frigid | es ist frigid | sie sind frigid | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | frigider | frigide | frigides | frigide |
| genitive | frigiden | frigider | frigiden | frigider | |
| dative | frigidem | frigider | frigidem | frigiden | |
| accusative | frigiden | frigide | frigides | frigide | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der frigide | die frigide | das frigide | die frigiden |
| genitive | des frigiden | der frigiden | des frigiden | der frigiden | |
| dative | dem frigiden | der frigiden | dem frigiden | den frigiden | |
| accusative | den frigiden | die frigide | das frigide | die frigiden | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein frigider | eine frigide | ein frigides | (keine) frigiden |
| genitive | eines frigiden | einer frigiden | eines frigiden | (keiner) frigiden | |
| dative | einem frigiden | einer frigiden | einem frigiden | (keinen) frigiden | |
| accusative | einen frigiden | eine frigide | ein frigides | (keine) frigiden | |
Comparative forms of frigid
Superlative forms of frigid
Further reading
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.
Adjective
[edit]frigid m or n (feminine singular frigidă, masculine plural frigizi, feminine/neuter plural frigide)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | frigid | frigidă | frigizi | frigide | |||
| definite | frigidul | frigida | frigizii | frigidele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | frigid | frigide | frigizi | frigide | |||
| definite | frigidului | frigidei | frigizilor | frigidelor | ||||
Related terms
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