Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sang froid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: sang froid
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of sang-froid.

Example Sentences

"At the Drones Club and other places I am accustomed to frequent you will often hear comment on Bertram Wooster's self-control or sang froid, as it's sometimes called, and it is generally agreed that this is considerable. In the eyes of many people, I suppose, I seem one of those men of chilled steel you read about, and I'm not saying I'm not. But it is possible to find a chink in my armour, and this can be done by suddenly springing eminent loony-doctors on me in the guise of butlers."
"She met his glance just as she had met it before, even with more perfect sang froid."

Etymology

Borrowed from French sang-froid.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: sang-froid

Questions

What does sang froid mean?: Alternative spelling of sang-froid.
Where does sang froid come from?: It is traced to French.

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