permafrost

English

Etymology

perma- +‎ frost

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/

Noun

permafrost (countable and uncountable, plural permafrosts)

Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
- 2003, Johannes C. Nonner, Introduction to Hydrogeology, →ISBN, page 157,
  Nevertheless, the water molecule is present, as ice, in a solid form in frozen soils or permafrosts, which cover large regions characterised by a polar climate.

Derived terms

permafrosted

Translations

permanently frozen ground

Catalan: pergelisòl (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 永久凍土 (zh), 永久冻土 (zh) (yǒngjiǔ dòngtǔ)
Finnish: ikirouta
French: pergélisol (fr) m, permafrost (fr) m
Galician: permafrost
Georgian: მრავალწლოვანი მზრალობა (mravalc̣lovani mzraloba), მარადი მზრალობა (maradi mzraloba)
German: Permafrostboden (de) n
Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ (aujuittuq)
Irish: talamh síorshioctha m, talamh shíorshioctha f
Italian: permafrost
Japanese: 永久凍土 (えいきゅうとうど, eikyūtōdo)

Korean: 영구동토 (yeonggudongto) (永久凍土)
Latvian: mūžīgais sasalums m
Lithuanian: amžinasis įšalas m
Manx: sheer-rio m
Maori: upokomārō pūmau
Polish: wieczna zmarzlina f
Portuguese: permafrost m
Russian: ве́чная мерзлота́ f (véčnaja merzlotá)
Spanish: permafrost (es) m, permacongelamiento m, permagel m, pergelisuelo m, pergelisol m, suelo permanentemente congelado m, suelo permanentemente helado m
Ukrainian: багаторі́чна мерзлота́ f (bahatoríčna merzlotá), ві́чна мерзлота f (víčna merzlota)
Welsh: rhew parhaol m (North), iâ parhaol m (South)

See also

cryogenesis

Anagrams

preformats

French

Etymology

perma- +‎ frost.

Noun

permafrost m (plural permafrosts)

permafrost

Further reading

“permafrost” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

permafrost m (uncountable)

(geology) permafrost (permanently frozen ground)

Spanish

Etymology

From English permafrost.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /permafˈɾosd/, [permafˈɾozð]

Noun

permafrost m (uncountable)

(geology) permafrost

Synonyms

permagel m
permacongelamiento m

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