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froid

/fʁwa/

adjective/fʁwa/

cold (temperature); distant, unfriendly

Antonyms: chaud

Inherited from Middle French froit, from Old French froit, freid, inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, on a Pompeian inscription). Doublet of frigide, a later borrowing.

noun, masculine/fʁwa/

cold, chill; distance, strain

Inherited from Middle French froit, from Old French froit, freid, inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, on a Pompeian inscription). Doublet of frigide, a later borrowing.