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Pronunciation / Transliteration: dòngjié
"如果温度降到零度以下，水会冻结。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To become solid due to low temperature.
"Water will freeze if the temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius."
- 1
A state of being frozen or a period of freezing temperatures.
"The freeze last winter caused many pipes to burst."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'freeze' originates from the Old English 'frēosan', meaning 'to be cold' or 'to congeal'. It has Germanic roots, related to the Old High German 'friozan', and has evolved over centuries to encompass both the physical act of becoming solid due to cold and the metaphorical sense of stopping or halting.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Freeze" is said worldwide
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geler
Transliteration: ʒe.le
"L'eau va geler si la température descend en dessous de zéro."
frieren
Transliteration: ˈfʁiː.ʁən
"Wasser wird frieren, wenn die Temperatur unter null Grad fällt."
congelare
Transliteration: kon.dʒeˈla.re
"L'acqua congela se la temperatura scende sotto zero."
congelar
Transliteration: kon.xeˈlaɾ
"El agua se congela si la temperatura baja de cero grados."
congelar
Transliteration: kõ.ʒeˈlaɾ
"A água vai congelar se a temperatura cair abaixo de zero."
जमना
Transliteration: jamnā
"अगर तापमान शून्य से नीचे चला जाता है, तो पानी जम जाएगा।"
冻结
Transliteration: dòngjié
"如果温度降到零度以下，水会冻结。"
얼다
Transliteration: eolda
"온도가 0도 이하로 떨어지면 물이 얼 것이다."
凍る
Transliteration: kooru
"温度が0度以下になると、水は凍ります。"
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