frido

Esperanto

Noun

frido (uncountable, accusative fridon)

  1. (poetic, in compounds, neologism) cold (low temperature)
    • 1895, Odd Tangerud (translator), “Injeto ĉe la ŝpinilo”, in La Montarino, 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

Etymology

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

Adjective

frido

  1. cold
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