refroidissement
French, noun/ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃/
refroidissement is spelled R-E-F-R-O-I-D-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (15 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refroidissement is a French masculine noun meaning “cooling, chilling (act of making something colder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminution de chaleur”.
What does refroidissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecooling, chilling (act of making something colder)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Diminution de chaleur. 2. Indisposition causée par un froid subit. 3. Diminution dans l’amour, dans l’amitié, dans les passions.
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 refroidissement
- refroidissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refroidissement?
- /ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃/
- \ʁə.fʁwa.dis.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refroidissement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refroidissement in French?
refroidissement appears 5.8 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).