cold Signification, définition

Signification de cold en français

• 0 not warm -- froid/froide

  • a cold winter’s day une froide journée d’hiver

  • It’s getting cold in here. Il commence à faire froid ici.

  • to swim in the freezing cold lake nager dans le lac gelé

• 1 unfriendly or unkind -- glacial/-ale

  • a cold, uncaring man un homme glacial, insensible

  • her cold gaze son regard glacial

• 2 to become too scared to do sth -- prendre peur

  • He got cold feet and decided not to get married. Il a pris peur et a décidé de ne pas se marier.

• 3 in an extremely cruel and emotionless way -- de sang-froid

  • children murdered in cold blood des enfants assassinés de sang-froid

• 4 a common illness causing coughing and a blocked nose -- rhume [ masculine ]

  • to catch a cold attraper un rhume

  • He’s got a bad/heavy cold. Il a un mauvais/gros rhume.

• 5 a low temperature -- froid [ masculine ]

  • exposure to extreme cold exposition au froid extrême

  • Come inside and get out of the cold. Viens à l’intérieur et ne reste pas dans ce froid.

• 6 without preparation -- à brûle-pourpoint

  • I went into the interview cold. J’ai commencé l’entretien à brûle-pourpoint.

• 7 low in temperature -- froid

  • cold water

  • cold meat and salad.

• 8 lower in temperature than is comfortable -- froid

  • I feel cold.

• 9 unfriendly -- froid

  • His manner was cold.

• 10 the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one’s surroundings -- froid

  • She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain

  • He was blue with cold.

• 11 an illness with running nose, coughing etc -- rhume

  • He has a bad cold

  • She has caught a cold

  • You might catch cold.