Is the term "Fridge" derived from Frigidaire corporation? « on: February 08, 2018, 06:05:56 AM » Author: dor123
During the mid-20th century, a refrigerator in Israel, commonly referred as "Frigider" (פריג'ידר)(From the Romanian word "Frigider"). When I asked in the talk page of the article of refrigerator in the Hebrew Wikipedia, if there is a relation between the Romanian term "Frigider" and it Hebrew counterpart "פריג'ידר", and the name of Frigidaire corporation, considering Frigidaire isn't so popular here in Israel, and I don't know what is the popularity of this brand in Romania, one of the operators, said that he assuming that in Romania, the name "Frigider" derived from "Frigidaire". So I'm wondering if the English term "Fridge" for a refrigerator, also derived from the brand of Frigidaire?
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	Re: Is the term "Fridge" derived from Frigidaire corporation? « Reply #3 on: February 08, 2018, 07:54:22 AM » Author: dor123
Thanks. I also didn't know that the brand Frigidaire is a generic trademark for refrigerator in French. But to Hebrew, I think that the Hebrew word "פריג'ידר", actually came from the Romanian "Frigider" and not from French, as The number of French people that came to Israel, is far less than the number of Romanian people, which most of them, came during the mass immigration after The establishment of Israel at 1948.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site.
Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.

I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).

I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.

	Re: Is the term "Fridge" derived from Frigidaire corporation? « Reply #5 on: February 18, 2018, 07:01:30 PM » Author: Mandolin Girl
Quote from: sol on February 08, 2018, 06:56:33 AM It is the same as saying Electrolux instead of vacuum cleaner. I generally use the word Hoover to describe a vacuum cleaner, and say hoovering for the act of using the vacuum cleaner.
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	Re: Is the term "Fridge" derived from Frigidaire corporation? « Reply #8 on: February 19, 2018, 08:08:58 AM » Author: funkybulb
Heck i even cll the refrigerator “ice  box”
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