frozen
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frozen
- /ˈfɹəʊzən/ UK
- /ˈfɹoʊzən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊzən
Where it comes from
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
adjective more frozen · most frozen
- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form. The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
- Immobilized. I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
- Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase. "Dice" is a frozen plural.
verb
- past participle of freeze The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: icy, frostbitten, frosty, frigid, icebound, quick-frozen, cold, wintry, sleety, glacial, solid, rooted, stock-still, unmoving, nonmoving, fixed
Translations
Every language
adj having undergone freezing
| Español | congelado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 凍結 tōketsu |
| 中文 | 凍結的 /冻结的 dòngjié de, 冷凍的 /冷冻的 lěngdòng de, 結冰的 /结冰的 jiébīng de |
| Português | congelado, gelado |
| Français | congelé, gelé |
| Deutsch | gefroren |
| Italiano | ghiacciato, gelato, congelato |
| Ελληνικά | κατεψυγμένος katepsygménos |
| Română | înghețat |
| Русский | заморо́женный zamoróžennyj, моро́женый moróženyj, замёрзший zamjórzšij |
| Tiếng Việt | đông |
| العربية | مُجَمَّد mujammad, مُصَقَّع muṣaqqaʕ |
| עברית | קפוא kafú' |
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title = {frozen},
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