hoar frost

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.

Sinonieme

white frost

rime

hoarfrost

frost

hoar-frost

dew

snow

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Vertalings

πάχνη

άσπρος αποτυχία

gelée blanche

brina

pruina

rijm

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɔː fɹɒst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hore frost

Geërf van Old English: hār

Geërf van Old English: frost

In summary

PIE word
*prustós
From Middle English hore frost, horfrost [and other forms], from hor (“grey; greyish-white”, adjective) (from Old English hār (“grey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness; shadow”)) + frost (“cold spell, freezing weather, frost; hoar-frost; rime”) (from Old English frost, forst, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prustós (“frost”)). The English word is analysable as hoar (“greyish-white; white”, adjective) + frost.