fridujo

Esperanto
malferma fridujo
open refrigerator

Etymology

From frida (“cold”) +‎ -ujo (“container for”). As the root is uncommon outside of works of poetry, widespread use of fridujo was likely influenced by similar terms in European languages such as French réfrigérateur, English refrigerator, and Spanish frigorífico.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /friˈdujo/
  • Hyphenation: fri‧du‧jo
  • Rhymes: -ujo

Noun

fridujo (accusative singular fridujon, plural fridujoj, accusative plural fridujojn)

  1. refrigerator
    Synonym: malvarmujo
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