Cold

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 kein französisches Wort , 🇪🇸 no es una palabra francesa , 🇮🇹 non è una parola francese , 🇵🇹 não é uma palavra francesa , 🇨🇳 冷的 , 🇯🇵 フランス語の単語ではありません , 🇰🇷 프랑스어 단어가 아님 , 🇸🇦 ليس كلمة فرنسية , 🇮🇳 फ्रेंच शब्द नहीं है

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Etymology

The noun **cold** comes from Old English *colde*, a derivative of the Proto‑Germanic *koldaz*, which in turn traces back to the Proto‑Indo‑European root *kʰel‑* meaning “to be cold, to cool.” Over time, the Old English *-e* ending was dropped, and the word survived the Great Vowel Shift to become the modern noun. It is cognate with Latin *gelidus* (“icy, cold”) and Greek *kēlos* (“frigid”).

Synonyms

le froid le gel la frigidité l'hypothermie l'hiver la glace la gelée

Antonyms

la chaleur la chaleur tropicale l'échauffement le réchauffement la chaleur corporelle