refrigerate

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English

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Etymology

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From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (to make cold), from re- + frigerō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.
  2. (transitive, specifically) To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
    Synonym: fridge
    Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.
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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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refrigerate

  1. inflection of refrigerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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refrigerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of refrigerato

Latin

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Verb

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refrīgerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of refrīgerō

Spanish

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Verb

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refrigerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of refrigerar combined with te