English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA : /"fri:z/
• IPA : /ˈfriːz/

Intransitive verb

to freeze (froze, frozen)

1. to be very cold (a temperature below 0 degrees celsius)
2. to become hard due to low temperature (for liquids)
3. to become motionless. (The squirrel froze when it saw the hawk overhead.)

Translations

• Breton: reviñ , ober skorn (1), skornañ , sonnañ (2), chom a-sav krenn (3)
• Catalan: glaçar , gelar (1,2)
• Czech: mrznout (1), zmrznout (2), ztuhnout or znehybnět (3)
• Dutch: vriezen (1), bevriezen (2), roerloos worden (3)
• Finnish: jäätyä (1,2), jähmettyä (3)
• French: geler (1), glacer (2), se figer (3)
• German: frieren (1), gefrieren (2)
• Indonesian: membeku , membekukan
• Interlingua: gelar (1), congelar (2)
• Japanese: 凍る (こおる, kooru), 凍らせる (こおらせる , kooraseru)
• Polish: marznąć (1), zamarzać (2)
• Portuguese: gelar (1), congelar (2)
• Romanian: îngheţa (1,2), congela (2)

  frysa (1,2,3)

Transitive verb

to freeze (froze, frozen)

1. to lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes.

Translations

• Breton: skornañ
• Catalan: congelar
• Czech: zmrazit
• Dutch: bevriezen
• French: congeler
• Swedish: frysa

  congelar

Noun

1. a period of intensely cold weather.

Translations

• Catalan: glaçada f, gelada f
• Czech: mráz m sg, mrazy pl

Related terms

• deep freeze , deep-freeze
• freeze-dry
• frost