frèid

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• fregg

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