froid
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French froit, freid, inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”). Doublet of frigide.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
froid m (feminine singular froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides)
- cold (temperature)
Noun[edit]
froid m (uncountable)
Antonyms[edit]
- (cold): chaud (“warm, hot”)
Derived terms[edit]
- 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”)
External links[edit]
- “froid” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).