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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoarfrost

Hoar′frostˊ

,

Noun.

The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.

[Written also

horefrost

. See

,

Adj.

]

He scattereth the

hoarfrost

like ashes.

Ps. cxlvii. 16.

Definition 2025

hoarfrost

hoarfrost

See also: hoar-frost and hoar frost

English

Alternative forms

Noun

hoarfrost ‎(usually uncountable, plural hoarfrosts)

Dew-drops 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.

Translations

frozen dew drops

Albanian: brymë (sq) f
Armenian: եղյամ (hy) ‎(ełyam)
Aromanian: brumã f
Bashkir: ҡырау ‎(qïraw)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 霜 (zh) ‎(shuāng)
Czech: jinovatka (cs), námraza
Danish: rim
Dutch: rijm (nl) m, rijp (nl) m, dauwvorst m, vriesdauw m
Esperanto: prujno
French: givre (fr) f, gelée blanche (fr) f
Georgian: თრთვილი ‎(trtvili), ჭირხლი ‎(č̣irxli)
German: Raureif (de) m
Greek: πάχνη (el) f ‎(páchni)
Hungarian: zúzmara (hu)
Italian: brina (it) f, calaverna (it) f
Japanese: 霜 (ja) ‎(しも, shimo)

Lithuanian: šarmà f
Luxembourgish: Bromee m
Macedonian: слана f ‎(slana)
Persian: ژاله (fa) ‎(žâle)
Polish: szron (pl) m
Portuguese: geada (pt) f, escarcha f
Romanian: brumă (ro)
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
Swedish: rimfrost c
Turkish: kırağı (tr)
Volapük: frod (vo)
Welsh: barrug (cy) m

Related terms

hoar

See also