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refrigerator

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.thə]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ without weak vowel merger
  • General-American: [ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.ɾɚ] without weak vowel merger
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ weak vowel merger
  • [ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.ɾɚ] weak vowel merger
  • CMU ARPABET: R AH0 F R IH1 JH ER0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IH0 F R IH1 JH ER0 EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronym: condenser

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronym: condenser

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One who has a chilling influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: icebox

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: white goods

Narrower terms: cooler, ice chest, electric refrigerator, fridge

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).

Across languages

Translations

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: архьшәашәага (arxjŝwaŝwaga) — appliance
  • Afrikaans: yskas — appliance
  • Albanian: frigorifer — appliance
  • Southern Altai: сооткыш (sootkïš) — appliance
  • Amharic: ማቀዝቀዣ (maḳäzḳäža) — appliance
  • Amis: pinsyang — appliance
  • Arabic: ثَلَّاجَة (ṯallāja) — appliance
  • Algerian Arabic: فريجدار — appliance
  • Arabic: ثَلَّاجة (tallāja) — appliance
  • Arabic: براد (barrād) — appliance
  • Arabic: تلاجة (tallāje) — appliance
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬܠܓ݂ܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (matlḡānītā) — appliance
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܠܵܓܵܐ (tallāgā) — appliance
  • Armenian: սառնարան (saṙnaran) — appliance
  • Aromanian: frigurifer — appliance
  • Asturian: nevera — appliance
  • Asturian: ñevera — appliance
  • Azerbaijani: soyuducu — appliance
  • Bashkir: һыуытҡыс (hıwıtqıs) — appliance
  • Basque: hozkailu — appliance
  • Belarusian: халадзі́льнік (xaladzílʹnik) — appliance
  • Bengali: ফ্রিজ (phrij) — appliance
  • Bengali: হিমায়ক (himaẏok) — appliance
  • Breton: yenerez — appliance
  • Bulgarian: хлади́лник (hladílnik) — appliance
  • Burmese: ရေခဲသေတ္တာ (rehkai:setta) — appliance
  • Catalan: frigorífic — appliance
  • Catalan: nevera — appliance
  • Chechen: шелиг (šelig) — appliance
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏜᏗᏍᏗᏍᎩ (ayvdladisdisgi) — appliance
  • Chickasaw: aakapassachi' — appliance
  • Chickasaw: aakapassali' — appliance
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雪櫃 /雪柜 (syut3 gwai6) — appliance
  • Chinese: бинщён (binxion) — appliance
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 冰箱 (bĭng-siŏng) — appliance
  • Hakka Chinese: 冰箱 (pên-siông) — appliance
  • Chinese: 冰箱 (zh-min-nan) — appliance
  • Chinese: 冰櫥 /冰橱 (peng-tû) — appliance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰箱 (bīngxiāng) — appliance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰櫥 /冰橱 (bīngchú) — appliance
  • Wu Chinese: 冰箱 (1pin-shian1) — appliance
  • Czech: lednice — appliance
  • Czech: chladnička — appliance
  • Czech: lednička — appliance
  • Danish: køleskab — appliance
  • Dhivehi: އައިސްއަލަމާރި (aisalamāri) — appliance
  • Dutch: koelkast — appliance
  • Dutch: ijskast — appliance
  • Dutch: frigo — appliance
  • East Frisian Low German: köylskap — appliance
  • Esperanto: malvarmujo — appliance
  • Esperanto: fridujo — appliance
  • Estonian: külmkapp — appliance
  • Estonian: külmik — appliance
  • Faroese: køliskáp — appliance
  • Finnish: jääkaappi — appliance
  • French: réfrigérateur — appliance
  • French: frigo — appliance
  • North Frisian: keelskaab — appliance
  • North Frisian: keelschååp (Ockholm) — appliance
  • North Frisian: käilschaap (Langenhorn) — appliance
  • North Frisian: Köölskaap — appliance
  • North Frisian: Isskaap — appliance
  • Saterland Frisian: Köilskap — appliance
  • West-Frisian: kuolkast — appliance
  • Galician: neveira — appliance
  • Galician: frigorífico — appliance
  • Galician: refrixerador — appliance
  • Georgian: მაცივარი (macivari) — appliance
  • German: Kühlschrank — appliance
  • German: Kühlraum — appliance
  • German: Eiskasten — appliance
  • German: Frigidaire — appliance
  • Greek: ψυγείο (psygeío) — appliance
  • Greenlandic: nillataartitsivik — appliance
  • Gujarati: રેફ્રિજરેટર (rephrijreṭar) — appliance
  • Hawaiian: pahu hau — appliance
  • Hebrew: מְקָרֵר (m'karér) — appliance
  • Hindi: फ़्रिज (frij) — appliance
  • Hindi: फ्रिज (phrij) — appliance
  • Hindi: प्रशीतित्र (praśītitra) — appliance
  • White Hmong: tub yees — appliance
  • Hungarian: hűtőszekrény — appliance
  • Hungarian: fridzsider — appliance
  • Icelandic: kæliskápur — appliance
  • Icelandic: ísskápur — appliance
  • Ido: frigorizilo — appliance
  • Ido: frigorizivo — appliance
  • Indonesian: kulkas — appliance
  • Indonesian: lemari es — appliance
  • Indonesian: lemari pendingin — appliance
  • Indonesian: peti es — appliance
  • Ingush: шелду (šeldu) — appliance
  • Irish: cuisneoir — appliance
  • Isoko: udhaamị — appliance
  • Italian: frigorifero — appliance
  • Italian: frigo — appliance
  • Japanese: 冷蔵庫 (reizōko) — appliance
  • Kannada: ಶೀತಕಯಂತ್ರ (śītakayantra) — appliance
  • Kazakh: тоңазытқыш (toñazytqyş) — appliance
  • Kazakh: мұздатқыш (mūzdatqyş) — appliance
  • Khmer: ទូទឹកកក (tuu tɨk kɑɑk) — appliance
  • Korean: 냉장고 (naengjanggo) — appliance
  • Korean: 랭장고 (raengjanggo) — appliance
  • Korean: 삥샹 (ppingsyang) — appliance
  • Ktunaxa: k̓isqat̕imaⱡ k̓ikiⱡ — appliance
  • Northern Kurdish: sarinc — appliance
  • Kyrgyz: муздаткыч (muzdatkıc) — appliance
  • Ladino: frijider — appliance
  • Lao: ຕູ້ເຢັນ (tū yen) — appliance
  • Latin: armārium frīgidārium — appliance
  • Latvian: ledusskapis — appliance
  • Lithuanian: šaldytuvas — appliance
  • Lushootseed: səxwƛ̓ux̌wilali — appliance
  • Macedonian: ладилник (ladilnik) — appliance
  • Macedonian: фрижиде́р (frižidér) — appliance
  • Malay: peti ais — appliance
  • Malay: peti sejuk — appliance
  • Malayalam: ശീതീകരണയന്ത്രം (śītīkaraṇayantraṁ) — appliance
  • Malayalam: ശീതീകരണി (śītīkaraṇi) — appliance
  • Malayalam: റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ (ṟaphrijaṟēṟṟaṟ) — appliance
  • Malayalam: ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് (phriḍjŭ) — appliance
  • Maltese: friġġ — appliance
  • Manx: feayreyder — appliance
  • Māori: pākatio — appliance
  • Māori: whiriti — appliance
  • Marathi: शीतकपाट (śītakpāṭ) — appliance
  • Marathi: शीतपेटी (śītpeṭī) — appliance
  • Marathi: फ्रिज (phrij) — appliance
  • Marshallese: aij bo̧o̧k — appliance
  • Minjungbal: waring bin — appliance
  • Mongolian: хөргөгч (xörgögč) — appliance
  • Mongolian: хөргүүр (xörgüür) — appliance
  • Mongolian: хөлдөөгүүр (xöldöögüür) — appliance
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (körügegči) — appliance
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (körügegür) — appliance
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (köldegegür) — appliance
  • Navajo: bee azkʼazí — appliance
  • Navajo: biiʼazkʼazí — appliance
  • Norman: frigo — appliance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøleskap — appliance
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøleskap — appliance
  • Occitan: refrigerador — appliance
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фрижидер (frižider) — appliance
  • Pannonian Rusyn: хладзальнїк (xladzalʹnjik) — appliance
  • Pashto: يخچال (yaxčāl) — appliance
  • Pashto: يخوونکی (yaxawunkay) — appliance
  • Pashto: کنګلځی (kangaljay) — appliance
  • Dari: یَخْچَال (yaxčāl) — appliance
  • Iranian Persian: یَخْچال (yaxčâl) — appliance
  • Polish: lodówka — appliance
  • Polish: chłodziarka — appliance
  • Portuguese: geladeira — appliance
  • Portuguese: frigorífico — appliance
  • Romanian: frigider — appliance
  • Russian: холоди́льник (xolodílʹnik) — appliance
  • Russian: рефрижера́тор (refrižerátor) — appliance
  • Northern Sami: galbmaskábe — appliance
  • Southern Sami: jueskiedahke — appliance
  • Sanskrit: शीतकम् (śītakam) — appliance
  • Sardinian: frigorìferu — appliance
  • Scottish Gaelic: fionnaradair — appliance
  • Scottish Gaelic: frids — appliance
  • Serbo-Croatian: хла̑дња̄к — appliance
  • Serbo-Croatian: фрижѝде̄р — appliance
  • Serbo-Croatian: hlȃdnjāk — appliance
  • Serbo-Croatian: frižìdēr — appliance
  • Sikkimese: འཁྱག་སྒྲོམ ('khyag sgrom) — appliance
  • Sindhi: فرج (frj) — appliance
  • Sinhalese: ශීතකරණය (śītakaraṇaya) — appliance
  • Slovak: ľadnička — appliance
  • Slovene: hladilnik — appliance
  • Lower Sorbian: chłoźeca spižka — appliance
  • Lower Sorbian: chłodnik — appliance
  • Upper Sorbian: chłódźak — appliance
  • Spanish: frigorífico — appliance
  • Spanish: heladera — appliance
  • Spanish: nevera — appliance
  • Spanish: refrigerador — appliance
  • Spanish: refrigeradora — appliance
  • Spanish: frío — appliance
  • Spanish: frigider — appliance
  • Swahili: jokofu — appliance
  • Swahili: friji — appliance
  • Swahili: mashine ya barafu — appliance
  • Swedish: kylskåp — appliance
  • Tagalog: repriherador — appliance
  • Tagalog: palamigan — appliance
  • Tagalog: ref — appliance
  • Tajik: хунуккунак (xunukkunak) — appliance
  • Tajik: яхчол (yaxčol) — appliance
  • Tamil: குளிர்சாதனப்பெட்டி (kuḷircātaṉappeṭṭi) — appliance
  • Tatar: суыткыч (suwıtqıç) — appliance
  • Tetum: frigorífiku — appliance
  • Thai: ตู้เย็น (dtûu-yen) — appliance
  • Tibetan: འཁྱགས་སྒམ ('khyags sgam) — appliance
  • Tigrinya: መዝሓሊት (mäzḥalit) — appliance
  • Tongan: ʻaisi — appliance
  • Turkish: buzdolabı — appliance
  • Turkish: frijider — appliance
  • Turkmen: holodilnik — appliance
  • Turkmen: sowadyjy — appliance
  • Tuvan: соодукчу (soodukçu) — appliance
  • Ukrainian: холоди́льник (xolodýlʹnyk) — appliance
  • Unami: kuni puhwexòkw — appliance
  • Urdu: سَرْد خانَہ (sard xāna) — appliance
  • Urdu: فْرِج (frij) — appliance
  • Uyghur: توڭلاتقۇ (tonglatqu) — appliance
  • Uzbek: muzlatgich — appliance
  • Uzbek: xolodilnik — appliance
  • Vietnamese: tủ lạnh — appliance
  • Volapük: gladaramar — appliance
  • Walloon: frigo — appliance
  • Welsh: oergell — appliance
  • Wolof: firisideer bi — appliance
  • Yakut: сойутар (soyutar) — appliance
  • Yiddish: פֿרידזשידער (fridzhider) — appliance
  • Yiddish: קעלטערער (kelterer) — appliance
  • Yiddish: אײַזקאַסטן (ayzkastn) — appliance
  • Yup'ik: kumlivik — appliance
  • Zhuang: binghsiengh — appliance
Real reading context

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