geada

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) frost, hoar frost (frozen dew)
2. (feminine) an instance of frost in an area

Adj

feminine singular of geado

Verb

past participle of gear

Hyphenated as

ge‧a‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒeˈa.dɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese geada, from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, derived from Latin gelāre (“freeze”). By surface analysis, gear (“to frost”) + -ada. Doublet of gelada and geleia.
Compare Galician xeada, Spanish helada, Catalan gelada, French gelée and Italian gelata.