adjective/tjɛd/
tepid, lukewarm
“de l'eau tiède” — lukewarm water
Related: guerre tiède, ne pas avoir inventé l’eau tiède, tiédasse, tièdement, tiédeur, tiédir
From Middle French tiede (14th c.), from Old French *tiede, from earlier *tebde, itself by regular syncope from Latin tepidus. The attested Old French tieve, teve reflects an eastern dialect form without syncope. Doublet of tépide, a borrowing.