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sangfroid

noun · 1 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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  • /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑ
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA2 N F R AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aplomb, poise, unflappability

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սառնարյունություն (saṙnaryunutʻyun) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Armenian: ինքնատիրապետում (inkʻnatirapetum) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Belarusian: халаднакро́ўе (xaladnakrówje) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Bulgarian: хладнокръ́вие (hladnokrǎ́vie) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Catalan: sang freda — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Danish: koldblodighed — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Dutch: koelbloedigheid — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Estonian: külmavereline — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Finnish: kylmähermoisuus — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Finnish: kylmäverisyys — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Finnish: kylmäpäisyys — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • French: sang-froid — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • German: Gelassenheit — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • German: Seelenruhe — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • German: Kaltblütigkeit — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Greek: ψυχραιμία (psychraimía) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Hungarian: hidegvér — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Italian: sangue freddo — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Italian: imperturbabilità — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Manx: neuchorraghys — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Norwegian: kaldblodighet; sinnsro — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Polish: zimna krew — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Portuguese: sangue-frio — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Russian: хладнокро́вие (xladnokróvije) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Russian: самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Serbo-Croatian: хладнокр́вно̄ст — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Serbo-Croatian: hladnokŕvnōst — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Spanish: sangre fría — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Swedish: behärskning — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Turkish: soğukkanlılık — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Turkish: serinkanlılık — composure, self-possession or imperturbability
  • Ukrainian: холоднокро́вність (xolodnokróvnistʹ) — composure, self-possession or imperturbability