friddu
Sicilian
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfrid̪.d̪ʊ]
- Hyphenation: frìd‧du
Adjective
friddu (feminine singular fridda, masculine and feminine plural friddi)
- cold
Inflection
Masculine | Feminine | |
Singular | friddu | fridda |
Plural | friddi | friddi |
Antonyms
- càvuru/càudu
Related terms
- rifriddatu
Noun
friddu m
- the cold
Antonyms
- caluri/calura