frèid

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, on a Pompeian inscription).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɾɛjt/

Dialectal variants:

  • IPA(key): /fɾejt/
  • IPA(key): /fɾæjt/
  • IPA(key): /fɾajt/
  • IPA(key): /fɾajd/

Adjective

frèid m (feminine singular freida, masculine plural frèid, feminine plural freide)

  1. cold

Noun

frèid m (invariable)

  1. cold
  2. chill

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 387: “dal freddo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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