noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To engage in winter sailboating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cryopathy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma
Narrower terms: trench foot, immersion foot
History
Etymology
From frost + bite.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
ngrirje
— the freezing of some part of the body
Arabic:
تَثْلِيج
(taṯlīj)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Arabic:
قَضْمَة صَقِيع
— the freezing of some part of the body
Armenian:
ցրտահարություն
(cʻrtaharutʻyun)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Bulgarian:
измръзване
(izmrǎzvane)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Bulgarian:
измръзнало място
(izmrǎznalo mjasto)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Chinese Mandarin:
凍瘡 /冻疮
(dòngchuāng)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Chinese Mandarin:
凍傷 /冻伤
(dòngshāng)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Chinese Mandarin:
瘃
(zhú)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Czech:
omrzlina
— the freezing of some part of the body
Dutch:
bevriezing
— the freezing of some part of the body
Estonian:
külmakahjustus
— the freezing of some part of the body
Faroese:
frost
— the freezing of some part of the body
Faroese:
frostsár
— the freezing of some part of the body
Finnish:
paleltuminen
— the freezing of some part of the body
Finnish:
paleltuma
— the freezing of some part of the body
Finnish:
pakkasenpurema
— the freezing of some part of the body
French:
gelure
— the freezing of some part of the body
German:
Erfrierung
— the freezing of some part of the body
Greek:
κρυοπάγημα
(kryopágima)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Hungarian:
fagykár
— the freezing of some part of the body
Irish:
dó seaca
— the freezing of some part of the body
Italian:
congelamento
— the freezing of some part of the body
Japanese:
霜焼け
(shimoyake)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Japanese:
霜焼
(shimoyake)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Japanese:
凍瘡
(tōsō)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Japanese:
凍傷
(tōshō)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Kashmiri:
شُہہ
(śuhh)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Kazakh:
үсу
(üsu)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Korean:
동상
(dongsang)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Latin:
congelātiō
— the freezing of some part of the body
Macedonian:
подноктица
(podnoktica)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Malay:
luka beku
— the freezing of some part of the body
Māori:
mate hukapuri
— the freezing of some part of the body
Mongolian:
хөлдөөх
(xöldööx)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Nepali:
अररो
(araro)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Persian:
شجام
(šajâm)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Polish:
odmrożenie
— the freezing of some part of the body
Portuguese:
congelamento
— the freezing of some part of the body
Portuguese:
geladura
— the freezing of some part of the body
Portuguese:
úlcera de frio
— the freezing of some part of the body
Romanian:
degerare
— the freezing of some part of the body
Russian:
обмороже́ние
(obmorožénije)
— the freezing of some part of the body
Spanish:
congelamiento
— the freezing of some part of the body
Spanish:
congelación
— the freezing of some part of the body
Swedish:
köldskada
— the freezing of some part of the body
Swedish:
förfrysning
— the freezing of some part of the body
Tibetan:
གངས་ཕྱིད
— the freezing of some part of the body
Turkish:
soğuk ısırması
— the freezing of some part of the body
Vietnamese:
cước
— the freezing of some part of the body
Welsh:
ewinrhew
— the freezing of some part of the body
Zazaki:
bılıkê cemedi
— the freezing of some part of the body
Armenian:
ցրտահարել
(cʻrtaharel)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Dutch:
bevriezen
— to expose to the effect of frost
Finnish:
palelluttaa
— to expose to the effect of frost
Hindi:
शीतदंश
(śītdañś)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Māori:
mate hukapuri
— to expose to the effect of frost
Nepali:
काठिनु
(kāṭhinu)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Nepali:
कठ्याङ्ग्रिनु
(kaṭhyāṅgrinu)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Nepali:
काठ्ठिनु
(kāṭhṭhinu)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Nepali:
गँगरिनु
(gãgarinu)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Persian:
شجیدن
(šajidan)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Polish:
odmrażać
— to expose to the effect of frost
Polish:
odmrozić
— to expose to the effect of frost
Russian:
отморо́зить
(otmorózitʹ)
— to expose to the effect of frost
Spanish:
congelar
— to expose to the effect of frost