freddo

See also: Freddo and freddò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfred.do/

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• Rhymes: -eddo
• Hyphenation: fréd‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, found in a Pompeian inscription), itself from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-. Doublet of frigido, a later borrowing.

Adjective

freddo (feminine fredda, masculine plural freddi, feminine plural fredde, superlative freddissimo, diminutive freddìno or freddolìno (adjective or noun) or freddùccio, pejorative freddàccio)

1. cold

   Synonyms: gelato, ghiaccio, scostante

   Antonyms: caldo, appassionato

Derived terms

• avere freddo
• caffè freddo
• tè freddo

Noun

freddo m (plural freddi)

1. the cold
2. chill

Related terms

• freddaccio
• freddamente
• freddezza
• freddino
• freddolino
• freddoloso
• freddura
• infreddarsi
• infreddolirsi
• raffreddare
• raffreddore

Etymology 2

Verb

freddo

1. first-person singular present indicative of freddare