diepvries

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdipfris/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: diep‧vries

Etymology 1[edit]

From diep +‎ vries, partial calque of English deep freeze. Vries is not a noun in Dutch, but it was rather taken from the stem of the verb vriezen.

Noun[edit]

diepvries m (plural diepvriezen, diminutive diepvriesje n)

  1. deep-freezing
  2. freezer
Synonyms[edit]

(freezer):

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Etymology 2[edit]

From the noun diepvries.

Adjective[edit]

diepvries (used only predicatively, comparative meer diepvries, superlative meest diepvries)

  1. deep-frozen
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