frostbite

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English

Etymology

frost +‎ bite

Noun

Hands afflicted with frostbite

frostbite (plural frostbites)

1. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body.

Translations

the freezing of some part of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凍瘡 (cmn), 冻疮 (cmn) (dòngchuāng), 凍傷 (cmn), 冻伤 (cmn) (dòngshāng), 瘃 (cmn) (zhú)

• Dutch: bevriezing (nl) f
• Finnish: paleltuminen, paleltuma, pakkasenpurema (fi)
• French: gelure (fr) f
• German: Erfrierung (de) f, Frostbeule (de) f

• Greek: κρυοπάγημα (el) (kryopágima) n

霜焼け (ja) (しもやけ, shimoyake) / 霜焼 (ja) (しもやけ, shimoyake), 凍瘡 (ja) (とうそう, tōsō), 凍傷 (ja) (とうしょう, tōshō)

• Polish: odmrożenie (pl) n
• Russian: обморожение (ru) (obmorožénije) n
• Spanish: congelamiento (es) m
• Swedish: frostbett n

Verb

frostbite (third-person singular simple present frostbites, present participle frostbiting, simple past frostbit, past participle frostbitten)

1. (transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
2. (intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.

Translations

to expose to the effect of frost

• Dutch: bevriezen (nl)
• Finnish: palelluttaa (fi)

• Russian: отморозить (ru) (otmorózitʹ) pf.

Derived terms

• frostbitten