permafrost

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• UK: /ˈpɜːməˌfɹɔst/
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• US: /ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh1yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanentclip. English perma- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English permafrost From perma- + frost.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تُربَةُ صَقِيعِيّة (turba ṣaqīʕiyya) — permanently frozen ground
• Belarusian: ве́чная мерзлата́ (vjéčnaja mjerzlatá) — permanently frozen ground
• Bulgarian: вечно замръзнала почва (večno zamrǎznala počva) — permanently frozen ground
• Catalan: pergelisòl — permanently frozen ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 永久凍土 /永久冻土 (yǒngjiǔ dòngtǔ) — permanently frozen ground
• Dutch: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Finnish: ikirouta — permanently frozen ground
• French: pergélisol — permanently frozen ground
• French: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Galician: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Georgian: მრავალწლოვანი მზრალობა (mravalc̣lovani mzraloba) — permanently frozen ground
• Georgian: მარადი მზრალობა (maradi mzraloba) — permanently frozen ground
• Georgian: მარად მზრალი ნიადაგი (marad mzrali niadagi) — permanently frozen ground
• Georgian: მარად მზრალი ქვენიადაგი (marad mzrali kveniadagi) — permanently frozen ground
• Georgian: მარად მზრალი გრუნტი (marad mzrali grunṭi) — permanently frozen ground
• German: Permafrostboden — permanently frozen ground
• Hebrew: קפאת־עד (kif'at-ád) — permanently frozen ground
• Hebrew: קפאון־עד (kif'on-ád) — permanently frozen ground
• Indonesian: ibun abadi — permanently frozen ground
• Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ (aoyoittoq) — permanently frozen ground
• Irish: talamh síorshioctha — permanently frozen ground
• Irish: talamh shíorshioctha — permanently frozen ground
• Italian: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Italian: permagelo — permanently frozen ground
• Italian: permaghiaccio — permanently frozen ground
• Japanese: 永久凍土 (eikyūtōdo) — permanently frozen ground
• Korean: 영구동토 (yeonggudongto) — permanently frozen ground
• Latvian: mūžīgais sasalums — permanently frozen ground
• Lithuanian: amžinasis įšalas — permanently frozen ground
• Macedonian: вечен мраз (večen mraz) — permanently frozen ground
• Malay: ibun abadi — permanently frozen ground
• Manx: sheer-rio — permanently frozen ground
• Māori: upokomārō pūmau — permanently frozen ground
• Norwegian Bokmål: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Norwegian Nynorsk: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Polish: wieczna zmarzlina — permanently frozen ground
• Portuguese: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Russian: ве́чная мерзлота́ (véčnaja merzlotá) — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: permafrost — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: permacongelamiento — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: permagel — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: pergelisuelo — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: pergelisol — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: suelo permanentemente congelado — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: suelo permanentemente helado — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: permahielo — permanently frozen ground
• Spanish: gelisuelo — permanently frozen ground
• Tibetan: གཏན་འཁྱགས (gtan 'khyags) — permanently frozen ground
• Ukrainian: багаторі́чна мерзлота́ (bahatoríčna merzlotá) — permanently frozen ground
• Ukrainian: ві́чна мерзлота (víčna merzlota) — permanently frozen ground
• Welsh: rhew parhaol — permanently frozen ground
• Welsh: iâ parhaol — permanently frozen ground