frigidaire

Proprietary name of a brand of refrigerators.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɪdʒɪˈdɛə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹɪdʒɪˈdɛɹ/

frigidaire (plural frigidaires)

1. (now historical) Trademark for a refrigerator.
   • 1939, W. H. Auden, The Unknown Citizen:

     He [...] had everything necessary to the Modern Man, / A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     “Have you seen Kipper?” I wouldn't say she snorted, but she certainly sniffed. “Bertie,” she said in a voice straight from the frigidaire, “will you do me a favour?” “Of course. What?” “Don't mention that rat's name in my presence,” she said, and pushed off, the eyelids still weary.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Penguin 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 659:

     Carpets were spread, divans appeared, as also the latest creation from Italy, a portable frigidaire which held countless bowls of sorbet and iced lemon tea.

Proprietary name, apparently originally based on Latin frigidarium.

• IPA^(key): /fʁi.ʒi.dɛʁ/

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frigidaire m (plural frigidaires)

1. A refrigerator.

• frigide
• fridge

• “frigidaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).