chaud-froid
See also: chaudfroid
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chaud-froid, literally "hot-cold".
Noun
editchaud-froid (countable and uncountable, plural chaud-froids)
- A type of food consisting of cooked meat or fish served cold in jelly or sauce.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XV, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
- "Dorian," said Lord Henry at last, as the chaudfroid was being handed round, "what is the matter with you to-night? You are quite out of sorts."
French
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Noun
editchaud-froid m (plural chauds-froids)
Further reading
edit- “chaud-froid”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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