freddo

See also: Freddo and freddò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • (standard, Romanesco) IPA(key): /ˈfred.do/
    • Rhymes: -eddo
    • Hyphenation: fréd‧do
  • (Milan) IPA(key): /ˈfrɛd.do/
    • Audio (Milan):(file)

Etymology 1

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 *sríHgos. Doublet of frigido, a later borrowing.

Adjective

freddo (feminine fredda, masculine plural freddi, feminine plural fredde, superlative freddissimo, diminutive freddìno or freddolìno (adjective or noun) or freddùccio, pejorative freddàccio)

  1. cold
    Synonyms: gelato, ghiaccio, scostante
    Antonyms: caldo, appassionato
Derived terms

Noun

freddo m (plural freddi)

  1. the cold
  2. chill

Etymology 2

Verb

freddo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of freddare