Meanings
verbcongeal (third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)
present singular third person congeals · participle present congealing · participle past congealed · past congealed
- intransitiveTo become congealed, solidify.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*gel-
- Latingelū
- Latingelō
- Latincongelō
- Middle Frenchcongeler
- Middle Englishcongelen
- Englishcongeal
From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans stol, koaguleer
- stol(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- koaguleerto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- stolto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Bulgarian втвърдявам се, коагулирам
- втвърдявам се (vtvărdjavam se)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- коагулирам (koaguliram)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- сгъстявам се (sgăstjavam se)to become congealed, solidify
Danish stivne, koagulere
- stivne(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- koagulereto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Dutch stollen, stollen
- stollen(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- stollento coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- stremmento coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- stollento become congealed, solidify
- coagulerento become congealed, solidify
Finnish jähmettää, hyydyttää
- jähmettää(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- hyydyttääto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- hyytelöidäto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- jähmettääto make rigid or immobile
- jähmettyäto become congealed, solidify
German erstarren, gerinnen
- erstarren(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- gerinnento coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- koagulierento coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Greek πήζω, παγώνω
- πήζω (pízo)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- παγώνω (pagóno)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- πήζω (pízo)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- πήζω (pízo)to become congealed, solidify
Hebrew קפא, הקפיא
- קפא (kafá)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- הקפיא (hikpí)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Icelandic hlaupa
- hlaupa(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
Irish oighrigh, reoigh
- oighrigh(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- reoigh(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- sioc(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- téacht(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- cruaigh(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- téachtto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- cruaighto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- reoighto become congealed, solidify
- cruaighto become congealed, solidify
- oighrighto become congealed, solidify
- siocto become congealed, solidify
- téachtto become congealed, solidify
Italian congelare, coagulare
- congelare(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- coagulareto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Latin concrescō
- concrescōto become congealed, solidify
Māori papaku, whakatotoka
- papaku(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- whakatotoka(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- whakatotokato coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- tepeto become congealed, solidify
- tetepeto become congealed, solidify
Norwegian stivne, koagulere
- stivne(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- koagulereto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Polish zestalać, zestalić
- zestalać(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- zestalić(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- krzepnąćto become congealed, solidify
- skrzepnąćto become congealed, solidify
- zakrzepnąćto become congealed, solidify
- zestalać sięto become congealed, solidify
- zestalić sięto become congealed, solidify
Portuguese congelar, gelificar
- congelar(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- gelificarto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- congelarto make rigid or immobile
- congelarto become congealed, solidify
Russian застыва́ть, засты́ть
- застыва́ть (zastyvátʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- засты́ть (zastýtʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- замерза́ть (zamerzátʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- замёрзнуть (zamjórznutʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- тверде́ть (tverdétʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- затверде́ть (zatverdétʹ)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- сгуща́ть (sguščátʹ)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- сгусти́ть (sgustítʹ)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- коагули́ровать (koagulírovatʹ)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- сверну́ть (svernútʹ)to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- застыва́ть (zastyvátʹ)to become congealed, solidify
Spanish congelar, cuajar
- congelar(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- cuajar(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- congelarseto become congealed, solidify
- cuajarto become congealed, solidify
Swedish stelna, koagulera
- stelna(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- koagulerato coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- ysta sigto coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
Tamil இறுகு
- இறுகு (iṟuku)to become congealed, solidify
Ukrainian застига́ти, засти́гнути
- застига́ти (zastyháty)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- засти́гнути (zastýhnuty)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- засти́гти (zastýhty)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- замерза́ти (zamerzáty)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
- заме́рзнути (zamérznuty)(transitive) to change from a liquid to solid state
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with congeal
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
congeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congeal
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congeal.
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