Meanings
nounfreezing rain (uncountable)
- uncountableclimatologyRain which freezes upon contact.
Translations
Bulgarian леден дъжд
- леден дъжд (leden dăžd)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Catalan pluja gelant
- pluja gelantrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Chinese Mandarin 凍雨 /冻雨, 冰雨
- 凍雨 /冻雨 (dòngyǔ)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
- 冰雨 (bīngyǔ)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Danish isslag
- isslagrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Dutch ijsregen
- ijsregenrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Finnish jäätävä sade, jäätävä tihku
- jäätävä saderain which freezes upon contact with the ground
- jäätävä tihkurain which freezes upon contact with the ground
French pluie verglaçante
- pluie verglaçanterain which freezes upon contact with the ground
German Eisregen, gefrierender Regen
- Eisregenrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
- gefrierender Regenrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Hungarian ónos eső
- ónos esőrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Japanese 雨氷, 凍雨
- 雨氷rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
- 凍雨 (tōu)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Korean 우빙
- 우빙 (ubing)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Polish marznący deszcz
- marznący deszczrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Portuguese chuva congelante
- chuva congelanterain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Russian ледяно́й дождь
- ледяно́й дождь (ledjanój doždʹ)rain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Spanish lluvia engelante
- lluvia engelanterain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Swedish underkylt regn
- underkylt regnrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Vietnamese mưa tuyết
- mưa tuyếtrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Welsh glasrew
- glasrewrain which freezes upon contact with the ground
Cite this entry
APA
freezing rain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20rain
MLA
“freezing rain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20rain. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freezing rain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freezing%20rain.
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