frigid

See also: frígid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frigus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĭj'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪdʒɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd

Adjective

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

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
   • 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, 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.

Antonyms

• fervid

Related terms

• frigidity
• frigidly
• frigidness

Translations

very cold

• Bulgarian: студен (bg) (studen), мразовит (bg) (mrazovit)
• Catalan: frígid (ca)
• Czech: frigidní (cs), ledový (cs)
• Esperanto: frosta
• Finnish: jääkylmä (fi), hyinen (fi), jäätävä (fi)
• French: frigide (fr)
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• Italian: gelido (it)
• Latin: frīgidus (la)
• Maori: hōkiwai, mātaratara
• Norwegian: iskald (no)
• Russian: о́чень холо́дный (óčenʹ xolódnyj)
• Spanish: frígido (es)

chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive

• Bulgarian: студен (bg) (studen), безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven)
• Czech: frigidní (cs)
• Finnish: kylmä (fi), jäätävä (fi), hyinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili)
• Swedish: kylig (sv)

sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman

• Bulgarian: фригиден (bg) (frigiden)
• Catalan: frígid (ca), fred (ca)
• Finnish: frigidi (fi)
• Georgian: ფრიგიდული (prigiduli)
• German: kalt (de)
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• Norwegian: frigid (slang)
• Russian: фриги́дный (ru) (frigídnyj)
• Spanish: frío (es), frígido (es)
• Swedish: frigid (sv)

References

• “frigid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “frigid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Danish

Adjective

frigid

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Inflection

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.

Related terms

• frigiditet

References

• “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʀiˈɡiːt]
• Hyphenation: fri‧git

• Audio:

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Adjective

frigid (comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

1. Alternative form of frigide

Further reading

• “frigid” in Duden online

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. frigid

Declension

Declension of frigid

		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

• frigiditate
• frig