Phrase guide

freezing rain

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Rain which freezes upon contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: леден дъжд (leden dǎžd) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Catalan: pluja gelant — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凍雨 /冻雨 (dòngyǔ) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰雨 (bīngyǔ) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Danish: isslag — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Dutch: ijsregen — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Finnish: jäätävä sade — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Finnish: jäätävä tihku — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • French: pluie verglaçante — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Georgian: გაყინვა წვიმა (gaq̇inva c̣vima) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • German: Eisregen — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • German: gefrierender Regen — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Greenlandic: nilakkarneq — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Hungarian: ónos eső — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Japanese: 雨氷 — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Japanese: 凍雨 (tōu) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Korean: 우빙 (ubing) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Polish: marznący deszcz — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Portuguese: chuva congelante — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Russian: ледяно́й дождь (ledjanój doždʹ) — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Serbo-Croatian: ledena kiša — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Spanish: lluvia engelante — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Swedish: underkylt regn — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Vietnamese: mưa tuyết — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
  • Welsh: glasrew — rain which freezes upon contact with the ground