refroidir
French, verb/ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
refroidir is spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-R (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refroidir is a French verb meaning “to lower the temperature of; to cool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre froid”.
What does refroidir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lower the temperature of; to cool
- 2
to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down
- 3
to become less active; to cool down, cool off
- 4
to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.
- 5
slangto ice, to murder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre froid. 2. Prendre froid. 3. Diminuer l’ardeur, l’activité, etc. 4. Tuer.
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 refroidir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- refroidissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- refroidi participle past
- refroidis first-person indicative present
- refroidit indicative present singular
- refroidissons first-person indicative plural
- refroidissez indicative plural present
- refroidissent indicative plural present
- refroidissais first-person imperfect indicative
- refroidissait imperfect indicative singular
- refroidissions first-person imperfect indicative
- refroidissiez imperfect indicative plural
- refroidissaient imperfect indicative plural
- refroidîmes first-person historic indicative
- refroidîtes historic indicative past
- refroidirent historic indicative past
- refroidirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refroidir?
- /ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
- \ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ\
- [ʁǝf.ʁwa.diʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refroidir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refroidir in French?
refroidir appears 3.1 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).