fregg

Lombard

Alternative forms

• frecc

Etymology

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 *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• (Milan) IPA^(key): /frɛt͡ʃ/

Adjective

fregg m (feminine singular freggia, masculine plural fregg, feminine plural fregge) (New Lombard Orthography)

1. cold

Related terms

• refreggì

Noun

fregg m (invariable) (New Lombard Orthography, Classical Milanese orthography)

1. the cold
2. chill

References

• Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 2, 1843, p. 175