hoarfrost

See also: hoar-frost and hoar frost

English

Alternative forms

hoar frost, hoar-frost

Etymology

From Middle English horfrost, hoorfrost, hore vrost, equivalent to hoar +‎ frost.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːˌfɹɒst/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹˌfɹɑst/

Noun

hoarfrost (usually uncountable, plural hoarfrosts)

Dewdrops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.
Coordinate terms: dew, glaze, rime
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
  In the mornings hoar-frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways.

Related terms

hoar

Translations

frozen dew drops

Albanian: brymë (sq) f
Arabic: صَقِيع‎ m (ṣaqīʿ)
Armenian: եղյամ (hy) (ełyam)
Aromanian: brumã f
Atayal: lawqi
Bashkir: ҡырау (qıraw)
Bulgarian: слана (bg) f (slana), скреж (bg) m (skrež)
Catalan: gebre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 霜 (zh) (shuāng)
Czech: jinovatka (cs), námraza
Danish: rim
Dutch: rijm (nl) m, rijp (nl) m, vriesdauw m
Esperanto: prujno (eo)
Finnish: härmä (fi)
French: gelée blanche (fr) f, givre (fr) m
Galician: xeada (gl) f, lazo (gl) m, carazo (gl) m, estromba f, pruína f, cadorno (gl) m, tello m
Georgian: თრთვილი (trtvili), ჭირხლი (č̣irxli)
German: Raureif (de) m
Greek: πάχνη (el) f (páchni)
Hebrew: כְּפוֹר‎ (he) m (kfor)
Hungarian: zúzmara (hu)
Icelandic: hrím n
Irish: sioc bán m, sioc geal m
Italian: brina (it) f, calaverna (it) f
Japanese: 霜 (ja) (しも, shimo)
Karelian: huuvveh
Korean: 흰 서리 (huin seori)
Latin: pruīna f
Lithuanian: šarmà f
Luxembourgish: Bromee m
Macedonian: слана f (slana), иње n (inje), окит m (okit)
Mongolian: хяруу (mn) (xjaruu)
Persian: ژاله‎ (fa) (žâle)
Plautdietsch: Riep m
Polish: szron (pl) m
Portuguese: geada (pt) f, escarcha (pt) f
Romanian: chiciură (ro) f, promoroacă (ro) f, brumă (ro) f
Russian: и́зморозь (ru) f (ízmorozʹ), и́ней (ru) m (ínej)
Scottish Gaelic: reòthadh-liath m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сла́на f, иње n
Roman: slána (sh) f, inje (sh) n
Spanish: escarcha (es) f, helada blanca f, cencellada (es) f
Swedish: rimfrost (sv) c
Turkish: kırağı (tr)
Ukrainian: і́ній m (ínij)
Volapük: frod (vo)
Welsh: barrug (cy) m
White Hmong: sương muối