frileux
French, adjective/fʁi.lø/
frileux is spelled F-R-I-L-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frileux is a French adjective meaning “sensitive to the cold, psychrosensitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sensible au froid”.
What does frileux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sensitive to the cold, psychrosensitive
- 2
tepid, lukewarm, chilly
Son dernier roman a reçu un accueil plutôt frileux.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sensible au froid. 2. Qui donne une sensation de froid. 3. Hésitant, vacillant.
noun: 1. Personne sensible au froid.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frileux
- frileuse feminine
- frileuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frileux?
- /fʁi.lø/
- \fʁi.lø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frileux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frileux in French?
frileux appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).