frazil

English

Etymology

From Canadian French frasil, frazil, fraisil, from French fraisil (“coal cinders”), from Old French faisil.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

frazil (countable and uncountable, plural frazils)

1. (Canada, US) A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.

Hypernyms

• ice

Translations

a collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water

• French: frazil (fr) m
• Polish: śryż (pl) m

• Russian: шуга́ (ru) f (šugá), на́ледь (ru) f (náledʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kravis

References

• “frazil” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.