"refrigerate" meaning in English

See refrigerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-refrigerate.wav Forms: refrigerates [present, singular, third-person], refrigerating [participle, present], refrigerated [participle, past], refrigerated [past]
Etymology: From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|refrigerō||to make cold}} Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down. Tags: broadly, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-refrigerate-en-verb-rMF3dkGS
  2. (transitive, specifically) To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator. Tags: specifically, transitive Synonyms: fridge Translations (keep cool in refrigerator): охлаждам (ohlaždam) (Bulgarian), refrigerar (Catalan), يسقع (yesáʔʔaʕ) [masculine] (Egyptian Arabic), jäähdyttää (Finnish), réfrigérer (French), kühlen (German), frigorizar (Ido), koldigar (Ido), refrigerar (Portuguese), refrigera (Romanian), храни́ть в холоди́льнике (xranítʹ v xolodílʹnike) (Russian), fionnaraich (Scottish Gaelic), refrigerar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-refrigerate-en-verb-~pI-H9ko Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'keep cool in refrigerator': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: refrigerant, refrigeration, refrigerator

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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