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froid — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • algid adj Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
  • chill noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  • chilly adj Cold enough to be uncomfortable.
  • cold adj Having a low temperature; not warm.
  • coldness noun A low temperature; the state of lacking heat.
  • frosty adjective Cold and icy, often with a thin layer of frost.
  • gelid adj Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
  • Stony adj Covered with or full of stones.

Senses

froid is used for these senses in English:

  • algid (medicine) Cold, chilly; used of low body temperature, especially in connection with certain diseases such as malaria and cholera.
  • chill A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
  • chill An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
  • chilly Cold enough to cause discomfort.
  • cold (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
  • cold (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
  • cold Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
  • cold Completely unprepared; without introduction.

chill — full definition

  1. noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  2. adj Calm and relaxed; easygoing about a situation.
  3. verb To make something cold, or to become cold.
  4. verb To relax and take it easy, often with other people.

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