froideur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French froideur.

Noun

froideur (usually uncountable, plural froideurs)

1. (usually italicized) A chill in relations
   • 2001, Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan‎^[1], →ISBN, page 548:

     "There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.

Synonyms

• antipathy
• hostility

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French

Etymology

froid +‎ -eur. Compare Catalan fredor, Spanish frior.

Noun

froideur f (plural froideurs)

1. coldness, cold

Synonyms

• froidure

Related terms

• froid

Further reading

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