refrigerator
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/
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Noun
[edit]refrigerator (plural refrigerators)
- A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11:
- Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
- One who has a chilling influence.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.
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Descendants
[edit]- → Cebuano: ripridyiritor
- → Kashubian: refredrzerejta (United States)
- → Malayalam: റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ (ṟaphrijaṟēṟṟaṟ)
Translations
[edit]appliance
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]
refrigerator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.friː.ɡeˈraː.tor/, [rɛfriːɡɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.fri.d͡ʒeˈra.tor/, [refrid͡ʒeˈräːt̪or]
Noun
[edit]refrīgerātor m (genitive refrīgerātōris); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) one who soothes
- (Contemporary Latin) refrigerator
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | refrīgerātor | refrīgerātōrēs |
| genitive | refrīgerātōris | refrīgerātōrum |
| dative | refrīgerātōrī | refrīgerātōribus |
| accusative | refrīgerātōrem | refrīgerātōrēs |
| ablative | refrīgerātōre | refrīgerātōribus |
| vocative | refrīgerātor | refrīgerātōrēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: refrigerator
- → French: réfrigérateur (learned)
- → Italian: refrigeratore (learned)
- → Spanish: refrigerador (learned)
Verb
[edit]refrīgerātor
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French réfrigérateur. Equivalent to refrigera + -tor.
Noun
[edit]refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)
- refrigerator
- Synonym: frigider
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | refrigerator | refrigeratorul | refrigeratoare | refrigeratoarele | |
| genitive-dative | refrigerator | refrigeratorului | refrigeratoare | refrigeratoarelor | |
| vocative | refrigeratorule | refrigeratoarelor | |||
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