frigide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus. Doublet of froid, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ʒid/

• Audio:

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Adjective

frigide (plural frigides)

1. frigid (very cold)
2. frigid (unable to take part in sexual intercourse)

Related terms

• frigidaire
• frigidité

Further reading

• “frigide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʀiˈɡiːdə]
• Hyphenation: fri‧gi‧de

• Audio:

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Adjective

frigide (comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

1. (medicine) frigid (unable to take part in sexual intercourse)
2. (rare) frigid (very cold)

Further reading

• “frigide” in Duden online

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ɡi.de/

Adjective

frigide

1. cold

Antonyms

• calide

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective frigido.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) frīgide

1. vocative masculine singular of frīgidus

References

• “frigide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frigide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.