hoar frost

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

πάχνη

άσπρος αποτυχία

Συνώνυμα

white frost

rime

hoarfrost

frost

hoar-frost

dew

snow

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Μεταφράσεις

gelée blanche

brina

pruina

rijm

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhɔː fɹɒst/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: hore frost

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: hār

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: 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.