Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How many words do you know for "Cold"?

Comments

[kay.livejournal.com]

In how many languages?:)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

All the ones you know?

[jaebird.livejournal.com]

Or do you mean cold as in flu, or cold as in freezing.

[delphaicdragon.livejournal.com]

Uhhhh... off the top of my head? [thinks]

Cold, chilly, nippy, frigid, freezing, arctic, frosty, icy.

[thinks more] Yeah, that's about it off the top of my head. :)

Just two...

[electricsoupie.livejournal.com]

..Vanilla Ice

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Wimpy British Isles cold? Or Minnesota USA cold....

[soulview.livejournal.com]

haha!

[razzberee.livejournal.com]

freezing
frigid
icey
frosty
heat challenged

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

froid, frio.

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Many. My favorite is "frore" which is, if I remember correctly, Old or Middle English, and still to be found occasionally in poetry.

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

at least ten. if we're counting phrases and random onomatopoeia, then at least a hundred.

[soulview.livejournal.com]

brrrr

frosty

crisp

frigid

icy