Inherited fromOld Frenchfroit,freid, inherited fromLatinfrīgidus(“cold”) (through a syncopatedVulgar Latin orLate Latin formfrigdus,fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, orfridus, on a Pompeian inscription).Doublet offrigide, a later borrowing.
froid (femininefroide,masculine pluralfroids,feminine pluralfroides)
- cold(temperature)
- Antonym:chaud(“warm, hot”)
- (Acadian, Louisiana, Cajun French, Quebec, Missouri, New England)frette
froid m (uncountable)
- (pathology)cold,chill
- (of a relationship)distance,strain
