frigidaire الفريجيدار
Algerian Darja · noun
“frigidaire” (الفريجيدار) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning refrigerator, fridge.
Meanings
- refrigerator, fridge
- freezer (by extension)
Usage
Frigidaire is the borrowing from French commonly used in Algeria for the refrigerator, whatever the brand. It is pronounced the local way (fri-ji-dar) and takes the Arabic article: el-frigidaire. It is used in all everyday registers. Some also use it for the freezer, but congélateur is more usual for that meaning. The phrasing is the same as in French: 7ot fel frigidaire ("put it in the fridge"), khrej men el frigidaire ("take it out of the fridge"). Thellaja, closer to standard Arabic, is heard less in speech.
Example
حط الما في الفريجيدار باش يبرد.
7ot lma fel frigidaire bach yebred.
“Put the water in the fridge so it gets cold.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “frigidaire” but also “frijidar”, “frigidar”, “frejedar” and “frijider”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.