Refroidi

Refroidi is a French term that functions as both the past participle of the verb refroidir (to cool) and as an adjective meaning cooled or chilled. As an adjective, it describes something that has had heat removed or has reached a lower temperature, such as food, air, or a surface.

The verb refroidir is formed from the French word froid (cold) with a prefix indicating the action of reducing temperature. In practical use, refroidi appears in contexts ranging from cooking and food safety to physics and meteorology, where it denotes the result of a cooling process, for example, a dish that has been cooled or a system undergoing refroidissement (cooling).

In grammar, refroidi is used with the auxiliary avoir to form the passé composé: j'ai refroidi. When a direct object precedes the participle, the past participle agrees in gender and number, as in les aliments que j'ai refroidis. The present participle is refroidissant, and a related noun is refroidissement, meaning the act or process of cooling.

Common derivatives include refroidisseur (a device that cools), refroidissable (refrigerable), and phrases describing rates or methods of cooling, such as refroidi rapidement. The term is widely used across domains—culinary, industrial, scientific—where the removal of heat is relevant or required.