sang-froid

See also: sangfroid and sang froid

English

Alternative forms

• sangfroid
• sang froid

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French sang-froid (“cool blood”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/, /sɑ̃ˈfɹɑ/

Noun

sang-froid

1. Composure, level-headedness, coolness in trying circumstances.

Translations

composure, level-headedness, coolness in trying circumstances

• Belarusian: халаднакро́ўе n (xaladnakróŭje)
• Bulgarian: хладнокръ̀вие (bg) n (hladnokrǎ̀vie)
• French: sang-froid (fr) m
• German: Kaltblütigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ψυχραιμία (el) f (psychraimía)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: sangue freddo m
• Polish: zimna krew f
• Russian: хладнокро́вие (ru) n (xladnokróvije)
• Spanish: sangre fría f
• Ukrainian: холоднокро́вність (xolodnokróvnistʹ)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.fʁwa/

Noun

sang-froid m (usually uncountable, plural * or sang-froids)

1. sang-froid, calmness, calm

   garder son sang-froid ― to keep one's cool

Further reading

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