frozen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹəʊzən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzən

Adjective

frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)

1. In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.

   The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.

2. immobilized

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

3. (of a bank account) in a state such that transactions are not allowed.

Translations

in the state of that which freezes

• Asturian: xeláu (ast)
• Bengali: নিথর (bn) (nithara)
• Catalan: gelat (ca)
• Dalmatian: glazait
• Dutch: bevroren (nl)
• Finnish: (something/-one else has done it) jäädytetty (fi), pakastettu (fi); (the thing/person has frozen on its own) jäätynyt (fi), pakastunut (fi)
• French: congelé (fr), gelé (fr)
• Friulian: inglačât, glačât
• Galician: xeado (gl)
• Georgian: გაყინული (ka) (gaqinuli)
• German: gefroren (de)
• Greek: κατεψυγμένος (el) (katepsygménos)

• Irish: reoite (ga)
• Italian: ghiacciato (it), gelato (it)
• Macedonian: замрзнат (mk) (zámrznat), смрзнат (mk) (sm'rznat)
• Occitan: gelat (oc)
• Persian: یخ‌زده (fa) (yax-zade), (rare) فسرده (fa) (fesorde)
• Portuguese: congelado (pt), gelado (pt)
• Romanian: înghețat (ro)
• Russian: (deliberately) замороженный (ru) (zamoróžennyj), мороженый (ru) (moróženyj), (by its/his/her own ) замёрзший (ru) (zamjórzšij)
• Scottish Gaelic: reòta (gd)
• Spanish: congelado (es)

Verb

frozen

1. Past participle of freeze

   The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.