Meanings
verbfrostbite (third-person singular simple present frostbites, present participle frostbiting, simple past frostbit, past participle frostbitten)
present singular third person frostbites · participle present frostbiting · past frostbit · participle past frostbitten
- transitiveTo expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
- intransitiveTo engage in winter sailboating.
Synonyms & antonyms
noundestruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
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Origin
Translations
Arabic تَثْلِيج, قَضْمَة صَقِيع
- تَثْلِيج (taṯlīj)the freezing of some part of the body
- قَضْمَة صَقِيعthe freezing of some part of the body
Bulgarian измръзване, измръзнало място
- измръзване (izmrăzvane)the freezing of some part of the body
- измръзнало място (izmrăznalo mjasto)the freezing of some part of the body
Chinese Mandarin 凍瘡 /冻疮, 凍傷 /冻伤
- 凍瘡 /冻疮 (dòngchuāng)the freezing of some part of the body
- 凍傷 /冻伤 (dòngshāng)the freezing of some part of the body
- 瘃 (zhú)the freezing of some part of the body
Czech omrzlina
- omrzlinathe freezing of some part of the body
Dutch bevriezing, bevriezen
- bevriezingthe freezing of some part of the body
- bevriezento expose to the effect of frost
Estonian külmakahjustus
- külmakahjustusthe freezing of some part of the body
Finnish paleltuminen, paleltuma
- paleltuminenthe freezing of some part of the body
- paleltumathe freezing of some part of the body
- pakkasenpuremathe freezing of some part of the body
- palelluttaato expose to the effect of frost
French gelure
- gelurethe freezing of some part of the body
German Erfrierung
- Erfrierungthe freezing of some part of the body
Greek κρυοπάγημα
- κρυοπάγημα (kryopágima)the freezing of some part of the body
Hindi शीतदंश
- शीतदंश (śītdañś)to expose to the effect of frost
Hungarian fagykár
- fagykárthe freezing of some part of the body
Indonesian radang dingin
- radang dinginto expose to the effect of frost
Irish dó seaca
- dó seacathe freezing of some part of the body
Italian congelamento
- congelamentothe freezing of some part of the body
Japanese 霜焼け, 霜焼
- 霜焼け (shimoyake)the freezing of some part of the body
- 霜焼 (shimoyake)the freezing of some part of the body
- 凍瘡 (tōsō)the freezing of some part of the body
- 凍傷 (tōshō)the freezing of some part of the body
Korean 동상
- 동상 (dongsang)the freezing of some part of the body
Latin congelātiō
- congelātiōthe freezing of some part of the body
Malay luka beku
- luka bekuthe freezing of some part of the body
Māori mate hukapuri, mate hukapuri
- mate hukapurithe freezing of some part of the body
- mate hukapurito expose to the effect of frost
Persian شجام, شجیدن
- شجام (šajâm)the freezing of some part of the body
- شجیدن (šajidan)to expose to the effect of frost
Polish odmrożenie, odmrażać
- odmrożeniethe freezing of some part of the body
- odmrażaćto expose to the effect of frost
- odmrozićto expose to the effect of frost
Portuguese congelamento, geladura
- congelamentothe freezing of some part of the body
- geladurathe freezing of some part of the body
- úlcera de friothe freezing of some part of the body
Romanian degerare
- degerarethe freezing of some part of the body
Russian обмороже́ние, отморо́зить
- обмороже́ние (obmorožénije)the freezing of some part of the body
- отморо́зить (otmorózitʹ)to expose to the effect of frost
Spanish congelamiento, congelación
- congelamientothe freezing of some part of the body
- congelaciónthe freezing of some part of the body
- congelarto expose to the effect of frost
Swedish köldskada, förfrysning
- köldskadathe freezing of some part of the body
- förfrysningthe freezing of some part of the body
Turkish soğuk ısırması
- soğuk ısırmasıthe freezing of some part of the body
Vietnamese cước
- cướcthe freezing of some part of the body
Welsh ewinrhew
- ewinrhewthe freezing of some part of the body
Cite this entry
APA
frostbite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frostbite
MLA
“frostbite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frostbite. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frostbite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frostbite.
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