froid

== French == === Etymology === Inherited 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁwa/ ~ /fʁwɑ/ Homophone: froids === Adjective === froid (feminine froide, masculine plural froids, feminine plural froides) cold (temperature) Antonym: chaud (“warm, hot”) ==== Synonyms ==== (Acadian, Louisiana, Cajun French, Quebec, Missouri, New England) frette ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === froid m (uncountable) (pathology) cold, chill (of a relationship) distance, strain ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== frigide frileux frais ==== Descendants ==== Mauritian Creole: frwa === Further reading === “froid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012