froidure

French

Etymology

From froid +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʁwa.dyʁ/

Noun

froidure f (plural froidures)

  1. (literary) cold
  2. (poetic) winter
  3. (medicine) frostbite

Old French

Etymology

froit +‎ -ure.

Noun

froidure f (oblique plural froidures, nominative singular froidure, nominative plural froidures)

  1. cold (low ambient temperature)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Elle commence avec froidure congelant et par horripilation et confraction du dos
      It starts with a feeling of freezing cold, cold shivers and cracking of the back

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