refrigerator

English Online Dictionary. What means refrigerator‎? What does refrigerator mean?

English

Etymology

From refrigerate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtɚ/

Noun

refrigerator (plural refrigerators)

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

   Hyponym: walk-in

   Meronym: condenser

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

   Meronym: condenser

   Coordinate term: freezer

3. One who has a chilling influence.

Synonyms

• chiller
• coolchest
• fridge, frigerator
• icebox

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ripridyiritor
• → Kashubian: refredrzerejta (United States)
• → Malayalam: റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ (ṟaphrijaṟēṟṟaṟ)

Translations

See also

• cooler

Further reading

• refrigerator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.friː.ɡeˈraː.tor/, [rɛfriːɡɛˈräːt̪ɔr]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.fri.d͡ʒeˈra.tor/, [refrid͡ʒeˈräːt̪or]

Verb

refrīgerātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of refrīgerō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French réfrigérateur. Equivalent to refrigera +‎ -tor.

Noun

refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)

1. refrigerator

   Synonym: frigider

Declension