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 and feminine plural fregg) (Classical Milanese orthography)
- cold
Noun
fregg m (invariable) (Classical Milanese orthography)
- the cold
- chill
References
- Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 2, 1843, p. 175