froideur

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/
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/fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/ · /fwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/

Definition of froideur

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A cold or indifferent manner.
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A cold or indifferent manner.
  2. (uncountable, usually)A chill in relations.
    “"There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.”
    “When I look over at Chase[…] he stares back at Baron with such withering froideur that he resembles one of those Dust Bowl farmers in a Dorothea Lange portrait.”
    “But anyone who thinks this is a time of unusual froideur between citizen and citizen either misremembers the past or didn't live through it.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French froideur (literally “coldness”).

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