fresh (recently produced, unspoiled); fresh (well-rested); fresh, cool (of temperature, wind, etc.); fresh, recent (just happened)
“Il est frais mon poisson !” — My fish is fresh!
Antonyms: avarié, rance, rassis
Related: crème fraîche, fromage frais, frais comme l'œil, frais comme un gardon, frais et dispos, à la fraîche, faire frais, vivre d'amour et d'eau fraiche
Inherited from Middle French frais, from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum. Related to English fresh. Doublet of fresque.