refroidir

French

Etymology

re- + froidir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
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Verb

refroidir

  1. to lower the temperature of; to cool
  2. (reflexive or intransitive) to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down
  3. to become less active; to cool down, cool off
  4. (transitive) to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.
  5. (slang) to ice, to murder

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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