frost

From Middle English frost, from Old English frost (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with West Frisian froast (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Swedish frost (“frost”), Icelandic frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹɒst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹɔst/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /fɹɑst/

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• Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɔːst

frost (countable and uncountable, plural frosts)

1. A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 47.

     It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;

2. The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
3. (figuratively) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.

4. (obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
5. A shade of white, like that of frost.

   frost colour:  

6. (slang, dated) A disappointment; a cheat.

frost (third-person singular simple present frosts, present participle frosting, simple past and past participle frosted)

1. (transitive) To cover with frost.
2. (intransitive) To become covered with frost.
3. (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
4. (transitive) To anger or annoy.

   I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.

5. (transitive) To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.

• frosting

• forts, frots

From Old Norse frost.

• IPA^(key): /frɔst/, [fʁ̥ʌsd̥]

frost c (singular definite frosten, not used in plural form)

1. frost

• “frost” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse frost.

• IPA^(key): /frɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst

frost n (genitive singular frosts, nominative plural frost)

1. frost

• kuldi

• froste, forst

From Old English frost, forst, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz, *frustą; akin to Middle Dutch vorst, Middle High German vrost, Middle Low German vrost, and Old Swedish frost.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔst/, /ˈfɔrst/

frost (plural frostes)

1. Cold, freezing, or frosty weather; weather that causes frost.
2. Frost or rime; frozen dew or water droplets.
3. Hail; precipitation below freezing temperature
4. (rare, figuratively) Something with a chilling effect.

• frosty

• English: frost
  • → Esperanto: frosto
    • → Ido: frosto
• Scots: frost

• “frost (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-31.

From Old Norse frost n.

frost m (definite singular frosten)

1. frost

• frostsikker
• frostvæske
• rimfrost

• “frost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse frost n

frost m (definite singular frosten)

1. frost

• frostsikker
• frostvæske
• rimfrost

• “frost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• forst

From Proto-Germanic *frustą, *frustaz, akin to Old High German frost, Old Norse frost.

frost m

1. frost

• English: frost

From Proto-Germanic *frustą, *frustaz, akin to Old English frost, Old Norse frost.

frost m

1. frost

• German: Frost

From Proto-Germanic *frustą, *frustaz, akin to Old English frost, Old High German frost.

frost n

1. frost

• frost in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustą, *frustaz.

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frost c

1. frost