frileuxadj.
[fʁi.lø]
always feeling the cold; by extension, cautious or risk-shy
In a sentence
- Prends un pull, je sais que tu es frileuse !Grab a jumper, I know you always feel the cold!
- Les banques restent frileuses face à ce genre de projet.Banks remain wary of this kind of project.
France has an adjective for people who are permanently cold, and it doubles as boardroom vocabulary: investors, like grandmothers, can be accused of being frileux.
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