froid
/fʁwa/
adjective
A1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Close — cold and refrigerated overlap.
Similar in other languages
German
eiskalt intensifies plain coldness to 'ice-cold', whereas froid is the neutral, general word for cold.
Practice
1 What does froid mean?
cold
2 Fill the gap: Il fait très ___ ce matin.
Full sentence: Il fait très froid ce matin. (It's very cold this morning.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches froid?
froid: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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