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refrigerator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ weak vowel merger
/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ (General-American) without weak vowel merger
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[ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tʰə] (Received-Pronunciation)
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[ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.ɾɚ] (General-American) without weak vowel merger
[ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.ɾɚ] weak vowel merger

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).

Meanings

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
- Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator. 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11:
- Meronyms: condenser, crisper, door, evaporator, meat keeper
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
- Meronym: condenser
One who has a chilling influence.
- […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator. 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
refrigerators	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (221)

wa frigo (appliance) · ps يخچال (appliance) · ast ñevera (appliance) · id lemari es (appliance) · eo fridujo (appliance) · de Kühlraum (appliance) · mi pākatio (appliance) · mh aij bo̧o̧k (appliance) · mn хөргөгч (appliance) · mi whiriti (appliance) · dng бинщён (appliance) · ba һыуытҡыс (appliance) · sq frigorifer (appliance) · yue 雪櫃 /雪柜 (appliance) · gu રેફ્રિજરેટર (appliance) · kut k̓isqat̕imaⱡ k̓ikiⱡ (appliance) · fy kuolkast (appliance) · ug توڭلاتقۇ (appliance) · ta குளிர்சாதனப்பெட்டி (appliance) · da køleskab (appliance) · oc refrigerador (appliance) · de Frigidaire (appliance) · ru рефрижера́тор (appliance) · de Kühlschrank (appliance) · es frigider (appliance) · dv އައިސްއަލަމާރި (appliance) · mn ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (appliance) · ur سَرْد خانَہ (appliance) · sd فرج (appliance) · lad frijider (appliance) · bg хлади́лник (appliance) · id kulkas (appliance) · alt сооткыш (appliance) · frr Köölskaap (appliance) · cs lednice (appliance) · mn хөлдөөгүүр (appliance) · mk фрижиде́р (appliance) · acw ثَلَّاجة (appliance) · wo firisideer bi (appliance) · unm kuni puhwexòkw (appliance) · ga cuisneoir (appliance) · ru холоди́льник (appliance) · si ශීතකරණය (appliance) · hy սառնարան (appliance) · ja 冷蔵庫 (appliance) · mn ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (appliance) · he מְקָרֵר (appliance) · it frigo (appliance) · my ရေခဲသေတ္တာ (appliance) · ms peti sejuk (appliance) · es frío (appliance) · es refrigeradora (appliance) · nb kjøleskap (appliance) · cmn 冰箱 (appliance) · chr ᎠᏴᏜᏗᏍᏗᏍᎩ (appliance) · io frigorizilo (appliance) · sah сойутар (appliance) · arq فريجدار (appliance) · rsk фрижидер (appliance) · la armārium frīgidārium (appliance) · nl koelkast (appliance) · hu hűtőszekrény (appliance) · io frigorizivo (appliance) · ms peti ais (appliance) · hu fridzsider (appliance) · es frigorífico (appliance) · ml ശീതീകരണയന്ത്രം (appliance) · nrf frigo (appliance) · eo malvarmujo (appliance) · tet frigorífiku (appliance) · tl repriherador (appliance) · frr käilschaap (Langenhorn) (appliance) · frr keelskaab (appliance) · fr frigo (appliance) · ajp تلاجة (appliance) · to ʻaisi (appliance) · uk холоди́льник (appliance) · apc براد (appliance) · mr शीतपेटी (appliance) · cic aakapassachi' (appliance) · sa शीतकम् (appliance) · id lemari pendingin (appliance) · kmr sarinc (appliance) · tl palamigan (appliance) · cdo 冰箱 (appliance) · ka მაცივარი (appliance) · be халадзі́льнік (appliance) · sw mashine ya barafu (appliance) · fo køliskáp (appliance) · rsk хладзальнїк (appliance) · bn ফ্রিজ (appliance) · nn kjøleskap (appliance) · nan-hbl 冰櫥 /冰橱 (appliance) · gd frids (appliance) · sw friji (appliance) · sh hlȃdnjāk (appliance) · pt geladeira (appliance) · hak 冰箱 (appliance) · se galbmaskábe (appliance) · sh frižìdēr (appliance) · tg хунуккунак (appliance) · fr réfrigérateur (appliance) · nv bee azkʼazí (appliance) · rup frigurifer (appliance) · uz muzlatgich (appliance) · gv feayreyder (appliance) · kk тоңазытқыш (appliance) · ami pinsyang (appliance) · ur فْرِج (appliance) · es refrigerador (appliance) · es nevera (appliance) · ar ثَلَّاجَة (appliance) · mr शीतकपाट (appliance) · az soyuducu (appliance) · tg яхчол (appliance) · tk sowadyjy (appliance) · it frigorifero (appliance) · aii ܡܲܬܠܓ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (appliance) · af yskas (appliance) · lv ledusskapis (appliance) · ti መዝሓሊት (appliance) · fa-ira یَخْچال (appliance) · gl frigorífico (appliance) · gd fionnaradair (appliance) · ko 삥샹 (appliance) · vi tủ lạnh (appliance) · kn ಶೀತಕಯಂತ್ರ (appliance) · sl hladilnik (appliance) · esu kumlivik (appliance) · xjb waring bin (appliance) · sc frigorìferu (appliance) · is kæliskápur (appliance) · tr frijider (appliance) · sh хла̑дња̄к (appliance) · el ψυγείο (appliance) · nl ijskast (appliance) · inh шелду (appliance) · sk ľadnička (appliance) · lo ຕູ້ເຢັນ (appliance) · bn হিমায়ক (appliance) · frr keelschååp (Ockholm) (appliance) · prs یَخْچَال (appliance) · ml ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് (appliance) · hi फ्रिज (appliance) · tyv соодукчу (appliance) · et külmkapp (appliance) · wuu 冰箱 (appliance) · ca nevera (appliance) · tk holodilnik (appliance) · lt šaldytuvas (appliance) · ps يخوونکی (appliance) · ml റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ (appliance) · aii ܬܲܠܵܓܵܐ (appliance) · frr Isskaap (appliance) · bo འཁྱགས་སྒམ (appliance) · cs lednička (appliance) · am ማቀዝቀዣ (appliance) · haw pahu hau (appliance) · ro frigider (appliance) · cs chladnička (appliance) · mww tub yees (appliance) · ast nevera (appliance) · kk мұздатқыш (appliance) · cic aakapassali' (appliance) · uz xolodilnik (appliance) · id peti es (appliance) · hi फ़्रिज (appliance) · yi אײַזקאַסטן (appliance) · kl nillataartitsivik (appliance) · sip འཁྱག་སྒྲོམ (appliance) · mn хөргүүр (appliance) · tt суыткыч (appliance) · tr buzdolabı (appliance) · cy oergell (appliance) · nan-hbl 冰箱 (appliance) · mn ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (appliance) · sw jokofu (appliance) · br yenerez (appliance) · is ísskápur (appliance) · tl ref (appliance) · th ตู้เย็น (appliance) · ab архьшәашәага (appliance) · lut səxʷƛ̓ux̌ʷilali (appliance) · de Eiskasten (appliance) · ky муздаткыч (appliance) · es heladera (appliance) · cmn 冰櫥 /冰橱 (appliance) · yi פֿרידזשידער (appliance) · pl chłodziarka (appliance) · ce шелиг (appliance) · km ទូទឹកកក (appliance) · hsb chłódźak (appliance) · et külmik (appliance) · fi jääkaappi (appliance) · sma jueskiedahke (appliance) · iso udhaamị (appliance) · pt frigorífico (appliance) · gl refrixerador (appliance) · vo gladaramar (appliance) · ps کنګلځی (appliance) · frs köylskap (appliance) · sv kylskåp (appliance) · dsb chłodnik (appliance) · eu hozkailu (appliance) · za binghsiengh (appliance) · sh фрижѝде̄р (appliance) · yi קעלטערער (appliance) · gl neveira (appliance) · ml ശീതീകരണി (appliance) · dsb chłoźeca spižka (appliance) · nv biiʼazkʼazí (appliance) · ko 랭장고 (appliance) · mr फ्रिज (appliance) · stq Köilskap (appliance) · nl frigo (appliance) · ko 냉장고 (appliance) · mt friġġ (appliance) · mk ладилник (appliance) · pl lodówka (appliance) · ca frigorífic (appliance) · hi प्रशीतित्र (appliance)

wikidata: Q37828

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