cold front

noun

The leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.

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polar front
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Meanings

nouncold front (plural cold fronts)

plural cold fronts

  1. climatologyThe leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe front of an advancing mass of colder air

Similar
polar front
Broader
front

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan front fred
  • front fredleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Chinese Mandarin 冷鋒 /冷锋
  • 冷鋒 /冷锋 (lěngfēng)leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Dutch koufront
  • koufrontleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Finnish kylmä rintama
  • kylmä rintamaleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
French front froid
  • front froidleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
German Kaltfront
  • Kaltfrontleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Greek ψυχρό μέτωπο
  • ψυχρό μέτωπο (psychró métopo)leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Hungarian hidegfront
  • hidegfrontleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Irish fronta fuar
  • fronta fuarleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Italian fronte freddo
  • fronte freddoleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Japanese 寒冷前線
  • 寒冷前線 (kanreizensen)leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Korean 한랭전선
  • 한랭전선 (hallaengjeonseon)leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Norwegian Bokmål kaldfront
  • kaldfrontleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Polish front chłodny
  • front chłodnyleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Portuguese frente fria
  • frente frialeading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Russian холо́дный фронт
  • холо́дный фронт (xolódnyj front)leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Spanish frente frío
  • frente fríoleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Swedish kallfront
  • kallfrontleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Tagalog unhang malamig
  • unhang malamigleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Turkish soğuk hava kitlesi
  • soğuk hava kitlesileading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Welsh ffrynt oer
  • ffrynt oerleading edge of an advancing mass of cold air
Cite this entry
APA

cold front. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20front

MLA

“cold front.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20front. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold front,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20front.

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