Frost

See also: frost and fröst

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒst
  • Rhymes: -ɔːst

Proper noun

Frost (countable and uncountable, plural Frosts)

  1. A surname.
    • 2025 February 7, Alex Baumhardt, “Oregon Rep. Bonamici among electeds inexplicably locked out of U.S. Education Department”, in Oregon Capital Chronicle[1]:
      A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
    2. A township in Clare County, Michigan.
    3. A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota.
    4. An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
    5. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.
    6. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrost, from Old High German frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz. Cognate with Dutch vorst, English frost, Icelandic frost.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɔst/, [fʁɔst]
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Noun

Frost m (strong, genitive Frostes or Frosts, plural Fröste)

  1. frost; freezing weather (weather conditions below 0 °C)
  2. frost; ice; all the natural phenomena caused by such weather collectively
  3. a sensation of cold, especially due to illness

Usage notes

  • Though Frost is commonly used for layers of ice or hard snow, it does not specifically refer to the kind of minute ice crystals known as frost in English. For that see Reif.

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Further reading

  • Frost” in Duden online
  • Frost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Frost m

  1. frost

Derived terms

  • frostijch