hoar frost

Etymology


From, , from (from , ultimately from ) +  (from , , ultimately from ). The English word is analysable as.

Noun

 * 1)  Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 2)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
 * 1)  Water vapour which has undergone deposition or  when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.

Usage notes
Hoar frost (sense 2) technically differs from rime, as the latter is formed by supercooled liquid water droplets freezing on surfaces.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: صَقِيع
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: brumã
 * Atayal: lawqi
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ҡырау
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, námraza
 * Danish: rim
 * Dutch:, , vriesdauw
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , , estromba, pruína, , tello
 * Georgian: თრთვილი, ჭირხლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hrím
 * Irish: sioc bán, sioc geal
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Karelian: huuvveh
 * Korean: 흰 서리
 * Latin: pruīna
 * Lithuanian: šarmà
 * Luxembourgish: Bromee
 * Macedonian: и́ње, о́кит, сла́на
 * Mongolian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: قراغو
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Riep
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Gurmukhi: ਕੋਰਾ
 * Shahmukhi: کورا
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: reòthadh-liath
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сла́на, иње
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:, helada blanca,
 * Swedish:
 * Tarifit: ajris
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: і́ній
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:, llwydrew, glasrew
 * White Hmong: sương muối