Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfrido]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: fri‧do

Noun edit

frido (uncountable, accusative fridon)

  1. (poetic, in compounds, neologism) cold (low temperature)
    Synonym: malvarmo
    Antonym: varmo
    • 1895, “Injeto ĉe la ŝpinilo”, in Odd Tangerud, transl., La Montarino[1], translation of Haugtussa by Arne Garborg:
      Ho — hu! La veteraĉo / kun pluv’ kaj venta frid’!
      Oh — boo! The awful weather with rain and windy cold!

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Istriot edit

Etymology edit

From Latin frīgidus (cold, cool, chilling) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *frigdus, fricdus), from frīgeō, frīgēre (be cold).

Adjective edit

frido

  1. cold