frigide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus. Doublet of froid, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ʒid/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

frigide (plural frigides)

1. frigid (very cold)
2. frigid (unable to take part in sexual intercourse)

Related terms

• frigidaire
• frigidité

Further reading

• “frigide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʁiˈɡiːdə]
• Hyphenation: fri‧gi‧de

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

frigide (strong nominative masculine singular frigider, comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

1. (medicine) frigid (unable to take part in sexual intercourse)
2. (rare) frigid (very cold)

Declension

Positive forms of frigide number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist frigide sie ist frigide es ist frigide sie sind frigide strong declension (without article) nominative frigider frigide frigides frigide genitive frigiden frigider frigiden frigider dative frigidem frigider frigidem frigiden accusative frigiden frigide frigides frigide weak declension (with definite article) nominative der frigide die frigide das frigide die frigiden genitive des frigiden der frigiden des frigiden der frigiden dative dem frigiden der frigiden dem frigiden den frigiden accusative den frigiden die frigide das frigide die frigiden mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein frigider eine frigide ein frigides (keine) frigiden genitive eines frigiden einer frigiden eines frigiden (keiner) frigiden dative einem frigiden einer frigiden einem frigiden (keinen) frigiden accusative einen frigiden eine frigide ein frigides (keine) frigiden Comparative forms of frigide number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist frigider sie ist frigider es ist frigider sie sind frigider strong declension (without article) nominative frigiderer frigidere frigideres frigidere genitive frigideren frigiderer frigideren frigiderer dative frigiderem frigiderer frigiderem frigideren accusative frigideren frigidere frigideres frigidere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der frigidere die frigidere das frigidere die frigideren genitive des frigideren der frigideren des frigideren der frigideren dative dem frigideren der frigideren dem frigideren den frigideren accusative den frigideren die frigidere das frigidere die frigideren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein frigiderer eine frigidere ein frigideres (keine) frigideren genitive eines frigideren einer frigideren eines frigideren (keiner) frigideren dative einem frigideren einer frigideren einem frigideren (keinen) frigideren accusative einen frigideren eine frigidere ein frigideres (keine) frigideren Superlative forms of frigide number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am frigidesten sie ist am frigidesten es ist am frigidesten sie sind am frigidesten strong declension (without article) nominative frigidester frigideste frigidestes frigideste genitive frigidesten frigidester frigidesten frigidester dative frigidestem frigidester frigidestem frigidesten accusative frigidesten frigideste frigidestes frigideste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der frigideste die frigideste das frigideste die frigidesten genitive des frigidesten der frigidesten des frigidesten der frigidesten dative dem frigidesten der frigidesten dem frigidesten den frigidesten accusative den frigidesten die frigideste das frigideste die frigidesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein frigidester eine frigideste ein frigidestes (keine) frigidesten genitive eines frigidesten einer frigidesten eines frigidesten (keiner) frigidesten dative einem frigidesten einer frigidesten einem frigidesten (keinen) frigidesten accusative einen frigidesten eine frigideste ein frigidestes (keine) frigidesten

Further reading

• “frigide” in Duden online
• “frigide”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ɡi.de/

Adjective

frigide

1. cold

Antonyms

• calide

Italian

Adjective

frigide f pl

1. feminine plural of frigido

Latin

Adjective

frīgide

1. vocative masculine singular of frīgidus

Adverb

frīgidē (comparative frīgidius, superlative frīgidissimē)

1. coldly, coolly, frigidly

References

• “frigide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “frigide”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.