freddo

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfreddo]

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Adjective

freddo (feminine singular fredda, masculine plural freddi, feminine plural fredde)

1. cold

Noun

freddo m (plural freddi)

1. the cold
2. chill

Verb

freddo

1. first-person singular present indicative of freddare

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