Froids

Froids is the masculine plural form of the French adjective froid, meaning cold or cool in relation to temperature. It modifies masculine plural nouns, for example: des objets froids, des jours froids, les temps froids de l'hiver. The feminine plural form is froides. While froid is chiefly an adjective, it can also appear in noun-like expressions when the noun is implied, such as les froids de l'hiver, meaning the cold weather of winter.

Etymology: Froids derives from Latin frigidus, via Old French and Middle French forms that yielded the modern word froid. The core sense—low temperature—is primary, but the term has long carried figurative shades of coolness or emotional reserve.

Usage and nuance: In everyday French, froid describes air, water, weather, and objects. It appears in literal statements (Il fait froid, The weather is cold) and in idiomatic expressions (un accueil froid, a cold reception). Figuratively, it can convey emotional distance or lack of warmth, and in literary contexts it may evoke a glacial mood or austere atmosphere.

Translations: In English, froids is typically translated as cold or chilly depending on context. When feminine nouns are involved, the form froides is used; for mixed groups or parallel agreement, the masculine form is used by standard gender agreement rules. See also related terms such as frigidus in Latin or the broader semantic field of temperature and emotional tone.