sang-froid

See also: sangfroid and sang froid

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• sangfroid
• sang froid

PronunciationEdit

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/, /sɑ̃ˈfɹɑ/

EtymologyEdit

From French sang-froid (“cool blood”)

NounEdit

sang-froid

1. Composure, level-headedness, coolness in trying circumstances.

TranslationsEdit

composure, level-headedness, coolness in trying circumstances

• Bulgarian: хладнокръвие (bg) n (hladnokrǎ̀vie)
• French: sang-froid (fr) m
• German: Kaltblütigkeit f

• Polish: zimna krew f
• Russian: хладнокро́вие (ru) n (xladnokróvije)

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.fʁwa/

NounEdit

sang-froid m (usually uncountable, plural sang-froid or sang-froids)

1. sang-froid, calmness, calm

Derived termsEdit

• garder son sang-froid

Further readingEdit

• “sang-froid” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).