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.

Concepten

rijm

Synoniemen

white frost

rime

hoarfrost

frost

hoar-frost

dew

snow

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Vertalingen

πάχνη

άσπρος αποτυχία

gelée blanche

brina

pruina

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhɔː fɹɒst/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hore frost

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hār

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.