frigid
English
/ˈfɹɪdʒɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
- Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
- (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (cold, cool, chilling) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sriges-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anemofrigid English
- frigidization English
- frigidly English
- frigidness English
- nonfrigid English
- frigidi Finnish
- ex- Latin
- frigeo Latin
- frigiditas Latin
- frīgidus Latin
- frigide German
- freddo Italian
- frigido Italian
- frigide French
- frígido Spanish, Castilian
- *sriHgos- Proto-Indo-European
- *sriges- Proto-Indo-European
- frígido Portuguese
- freid Old French
- freit Old French
- froit Old French
- fred Catalan, Valencian
- frígid Catalan, Valencian
- frio Old Portuguese
- fraid Romansh
- fred Romansh
- freid Romansh
- fríu Asturian
- frêt Friulian
- frio Old Spanish
- friddu Sicilian
- frido Istriot
- frêd Franco-Provençal
- fregg Lombard