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froideur

/fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/

froideur noun: a cold or indifferent manner.

Noun

froideur (usually uncountable, plural froideurs)

  1. (usually) A cold or indifferent manner.
  2. (usually) A chill in relations.
    • "There was a froideur between the Bank of England and the Swiss central bank for some time," recalled Collins.2001, Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan, →ISBN, page 548
    • 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.2021 May 7, Barrett Swanson, “The Anxiety of Influencers”, in Harper's Magazine
    Synonyms:
    antipathy, hostility

froideur meaning in Tamil and Bengali

froideur in Tamil

இல்லற உறவுகளில் தோன்றும் பகைமை

froideur in Bengali

শীতল, উদাসীন ভঙ্গি, সম্পর্কের মধ্যে শীতলতা

Synonyms of froideur

Forms of froideur

pluralfroideurs

Origin of froideur

Borrowed from French froideur (literally “coldness”).

Words that rhyme with froideur

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Questions about froideur

What does froideur mean?
Froideur means a cold or indifferent manner.
What is froideur in Tamil?
Froideur in Tamil is இல்லற உறவுகளில் தோன்றும் பகைமை. See Froideur meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is froideur?
Froideur is a noun.
How do you pronounce froideur?
Froideur is pronounced /fɹwɑːˈdɜː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of froideur?
The plural of froideur is froideurs.

Words near froideur in the dictionary

  1. frohawk
  2. frohawks
  3. frohbergite
  4. Frohlich
  5. Frohlichs
  6. froideur
  7. froideurs
  8. Froin's syndrome
  9. froise
  10. froises
  11. Frolesworth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: froideur (page history and authors); froideur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); froideur (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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