fridujo
Esperanto
Etymology
From frida (“cold”) + -ujo (“container for”). As the root is uncommon outside of works of poetry, widespread use of fridujo was likely influenced by similar terms in European languages such as French réfrigérateur, English refrigerator, and Spanish frigorífico.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [friˈdujo]
- Rhymes: -ujo
- Hyphenation: fri‧du‧jo
Noun
fridujo (accusative singular fridujon, plural fridujoj, accusative plural fridujojn)
- refrigerator
- Synonym: malvarmujo
See also
- frostujo (“freezer”)
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