Standard Lemma guide

frozen

adj · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfɹəʊzən/
  • US: /ˈfɹoʊzən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊzən
  • CMU ARPABET: F R OW1 Z AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
  • frozen pizza

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Immobilized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • "Dice" is a frozen plural.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

past participle of freeze

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

Examples

  • The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the frozen North
  • frozen pipes
  • children skating on a frozen brook

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unfrozen

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • frozen prices
  • living on fixed incomes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fixed

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

not convertible to cash

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • frozen assets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • frozen foods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flash-frozen, quick-frozen

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a frigid greeting
  • got a frosty reception
  • a frozen look on their faces
  • a glacial handshake
  • icy stare
  • wintry smile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

not thawed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bevrore — having undergone freezing
  • Arabic: مُجَمَّد (mujammad) — having undergone freezing
  • Arabic: مُصَقَّع (muṣaqqaʕ) — having undergone freezing
  • Asturian: xeláu — having undergone freezing
  • Bashkir: туң (tuñ) — having undergone freezing
  • Bashkir: туңған (tuñğan) — having undergone freezing
  • Bashkir: туңдырылған (tuñdırılğan) — having undergone freezing
  • Bengali: নিথর (nithor) — having undergone freezing
  • Bulgarian: замразен (zamrazen) — having undergone freezing
  • Bulgarian: замръзнал (zamrǎznal) — having undergone freezing
  • Bulgarian: леден (leden) — having undergone freezing
  • Catalan: gelat — having undergone freezing
  • Chickasaw: akmi — having undergone freezing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凍結的 /冻结的 (dòngjié de) — having undergone freezing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冷凍的 /冷冻的 (lěngdòng de) — having undergone freezing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結冰的 /结冰的 (jiébīng de) — having undergone freezing
  • Czech: zmrzlý — having undergone freezing
  • Czech: zamrzlý — having undergone freezing
  • Dalmatian: glazait — having undergone freezing
  • Danish: frossen — having undergone freezing
  • Dutch: bevroren — having undergone freezing
  • Finnish: jäädytetty — having undergone freezing
  • Finnish: pakastettu — having undergone freezing
  • Finnish: jäätynyt — having undergone freezing
  • Finnish: pakastunut — having undergone freezing
  • French: congelé — having undergone freezing
  • French: gelé — having undergone freezing
  • Friulian: inglačât — having undergone freezing
  • Friulian: glačât — having undergone freezing
  • Galician: xeado — having undergone freezing
  • Galician: conxelado — having undergone freezing
  • Georgian: გაყინული (gaq̇inuli) — having undergone freezing
  • German: gefroren — having undergone freezing
  • Greek: κατεψυγμένος (katepsygménos) — having undergone freezing
  • Hebrew: קפוא (kafú') — having undergone freezing
  • Hungarian: fagyott — having undergone freezing
  • Icelandic: freðinn — having undergone freezing
  • Icelandic: frosinn — having undergone freezing
  • Irish: reoite — having undergone freezing
  • Italian: ghiacciato — having undergone freezing
  • Italian: gelato — having undergone freezing
  • Italian: congelato — having undergone freezing
  • Japanese: 凍結 (tōketsu) — having undergone freezing
  • Kashmiri: شِشُر (śiśur) — having undergone freezing
  • Kazakh: тоңазыған (toñazyğan) — having undergone freezing
  • Latin: gelātus — having undergone freezing
  • Macedonian: замрзнат (zamrznat) — having undergone freezing
  • Macedonian: смрзнат (smrznat) — having undergone freezing
  • Malayalam: തണുത്തുറഞ്ഞ (taṇuttuṟañña) — having undergone freezing
  • Māori: mae — having undergone freezing
  • Western Mari: кӹлмӹ (kÿlmÿ) — having undergone freezing
  • Mongolian: хөлдүү (xöldüü) — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frossen — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frosset — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilfrosset — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fryst — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frosen — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fryst — having undergone freezing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: speika — having undergone freezing
  • Occitan: gelat — having undergone freezing
  • Old English: ġefroren — having undergone freezing
  • Old Norse: frørinn — having undergone freezing
  • Persian: یخزده (yax-zade) — having undergone freezing
  • Persian: فسرده (fesorde) — having undergone freezing
  • Polish: zamrożony — having undergone freezing
  • Portuguese: congelado — having undergone freezing
  • Portuguese: gelado — having undergone freezing
  • Romanian: înghețat — having undergone freezing
  • Russian: заморо́женный (zamoróžennyj) — having undergone freezing
  • Russian: моро́женый (moróženyj) — having undergone freezing
  • Russian: замёрзший (zamjórzšij) — having undergone freezing
  • Scanian: frøsen — having undergone freezing
  • Scanian: frøsed — having undergone freezing
  • Scottish Gaelic: reòta — having undergone freezing
  • Shuswap: alt — having undergone freezing
  • Sicilian: jilatu — having undergone freezing
  • Sicilian: gnilatu — having undergone freezing
  • Slovak: zamrznutý — having undergone freezing
  • Slovak: zmrazený — having undergone freezing
  • Southern Altai: тоҥ (toŋ) — having undergone freezing
  • Southern Altai: тоҥырып салган (toŋïrïp salgan) — having undergone freezing
  • Southern Altai: тоҥырган (toŋïrgan) — having undergone freezing
  • Southern Altai: тоҥгон (toŋgon) — having undergone freezing
  • Spanish: congelado — having undergone freezing
  • Swedish: fryst — having undergone freezing
  • Swedish: frusen — having undergone freezing
  • Tagalog: elado — having undergone freezing
  • Telugu: గడ్డకట్టిన (gaḍḍakaṭṭina) — having undergone freezing
  • Turkish: donuk — having undergone freezing
  • Turkish: donmuş — having undergone freezing
  • Ukrainian: заморо́жений (zamoróženyj) — having undergone freezing
  • Ukrainian: моро́жений (moróženyj) — having undergone freezing
  • Vietnamese: đông — having undergone freezing
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