frigid

See also: frígid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“I am cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos.

Pronunciation

• enPR: frĭj'ĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪd͡ʒɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪd
• Hyphenation: frig‧id

Adjective

frigid (comparative more frigid or frigider, superlative most frigid or frigidest)

1. Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
   • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 427:

     A frigid, fine rain was falling.

   • 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

2. Chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive.
3. (colloquial) Sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 125:

     In Italy, a plant called Pizza ugurdu is said to excite powerful erotic feelings even in the most frigid.

Antonyms

• fervid

Derived terms

• anemofrigid
• frigidity
• frigidization
• frigidly
• frigidness
• frigid zone
• infrigidant
• nonfrigid
• unfrigid

Translations

very cold

Bulgarian: студен (bg) (studen), мразовит (bg) (mrazovit) Catalan: frígid (ca) Czech: frigidní (cs), ledový (cs) Esperanto: frosta, malvarmega Finnish: jääkylmä (fi), hyinen (fi), jäätävä (fi) French: frigide (fr) Italian: gelido (it) Latin: frīgidus (la) Macedonian: сту́ден (mk) (stúden), ла́ден (láden) Maori: hōkiwai, mātaratara Norwegian: iskald (no) Plautdietsch: kolt (nds), frostich Russian: о́чень холо́дный (óčenʹ xolódnyj), моро́зный (ru) m (moróznyj) Spanish: frígido (es) Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: صوغوق (soğuk)

chilly in manner; lacking affection or zeal; impassive

Bulgarian: студен (bg) (studen), безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven) Czech: frigidní (cs) Finnish: kylmä (fi), jäätävä (fi), hyinen (fi) Georgian: გულგრილი (gulgrili) Irish: fuarchúiseach Macedonian: сту́ден (mk) (stúden), ла́ден (láden) Swedish: kylig (sv) Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: روحسز (ruhsuz)

sexually unresponsive, especially of a woman

Bulgarian: фригиден (bg) (frigiden) Catalan: frígid (ca), fred (ca) Finnish: frigidi (fi) French: frigide (fr) Georgian: ფრიგიდული (prigiduli) German: kalt (de) Macedonian: фри́гиден (frígiden) Norwegian: frigid (slang) Portuguese: frígido (pt) Russian: фриги́дный (ru) (frigídnyj) Spanish: frío (es), frígido (es) Swedish: frigid (sv)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frigid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “frigid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Danish

Adjective

frigid

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Inflection

Inflection of frigid

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	frigid	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	frigidt	—	—2
plural	frigide	—	—2
definite attributive1	frigide	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Related terms

• frigiditet

References

• “frigid” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʁiˈɡiːt]
• Hyphenation: fri‧gid

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

frigid (strong nominative masculine singular frigider, comparative frigider, superlative am frigidesten)

1. alternative form of frigide

Declension

Positive forms of frigid

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist frigid	sie ist frigid	es ist frigid	sie sind frigid
strong declension (without article)	nominative	frigider	frigide	frigides	frigide
	genitive	frigiden	frigider	frigiden	frigider
	dative	frigidem	frigider	frigidem	frigiden
	accusative	frigiden	frigide	frigides	frigide
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der frigide	die frigide	das frigide	die frigiden
	genitive	des frigiden	der frigiden	des frigiden	der frigiden
	dative	dem frigiden	der frigiden	dem frigiden	den frigiden
	accusative	den frigiden	die frigide	das frigide	die frigiden
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein frigider	eine frigide	ein frigides	(keine) frigiden
	genitive	eines frigiden	einer frigiden	eines frigiden	(keiner) frigiden
	dative	einem frigiden	einer frigiden	einem frigiden	(keinen) frigiden
	accusative	einen frigiden	eine frigide	ein frigides	(keine) frigiden

Comparative forms of frigid

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist frigider	sie ist frigider	es ist frigider	sie sind frigider
strong declension (without article)	nominative	frigiderer	frigidere	frigideres	frigidere
	genitive	frigideren	frigiderer	frigideren	frigiderer
	dative	frigiderem	frigiderer	frigiderem	frigideren
	accusative	frigideren	frigidere	frigideres	frigidere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der frigidere	die frigidere	das frigidere	die frigideren
	genitive	des frigideren	der frigideren	des frigideren	der frigideren
	dative	dem frigideren	der frigideren	dem frigideren	den frigideren
	accusative	den frigideren	die frigidere	das frigidere	die frigideren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein frigiderer	eine frigidere	ein frigideres	(keine) frigideren
	genitive	eines frigideren	einer frigideren	eines frigideren	(keiner) frigideren
	dative	einem frigideren	einer frigideren	einem frigideren	(keinen) frigideren
	accusative	einen frigideren	eine frigidere	ein frigideres	(keine) frigideren

Superlative forms of frigid

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am frigidesten	sie ist am frigidesten	es ist am frigidesten	sie sind am frigidesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	frigidester	frigideste	frigidestes	frigideste
	genitive	frigidesten	frigidester	frigidesten	frigidester
	dative	frigidestem	frigidester	frigidestem	frigidesten
	accusative	frigidesten	frigideste	frigidestes	frigideste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der frigideste	die frigideste	das frigideste	die frigidesten
	genitive	des frigidesten	der frigidesten	des frigidesten	der frigidesten
	dative	dem frigidesten	der frigidesten	dem frigidesten	den frigidesten
	accusative	den frigidesten	die frigideste	das frigideste	die frigidesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein frigidester	eine frigideste	ein frigidestes	(keine) frigidesten
	genitive	eines frigidesten	einer frigidesten	eines frigidesten	(keiner) frigidesten
	dative	einem frigidesten	einer frigidesten	einem frigidesten	(keinen) frigidesten
	accusative	einen frigidesten	eine frigideste	ein frigidestes	(keine) frigidesten

Further reading

• “frigid” in Duden online
• “frigid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French frigide, Latin frigidus. See also frig.

Adjective

frigid m or n (feminine singular frigidă, masculine plural frigizi, feminine/neuter plural frigide)

1. frigid

Declension

Declension of frigid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	frigid		frigidă		frigizi	frigide
	definite	frigidul		frigida		frigizii	frigidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	frigid		frigide		frigizi	frigide
	definite	frigidului		frigidei		frigizilor	frigidelor

Related terms

• frigiditate
• frig