Meanings
comparative more frozen · superlative most frozen
- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
frozen pizza
2 more examples
The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32 - bankingOf an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- grammarRetaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
"Dice" is a frozen plural.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveturned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
adjectiveabsolutely still
adjectivedevoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
adjectivenot thawed
adjective(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
adjectivenot convertible to cash
adjectiveincapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishfresen
- Middle Englishfrozen
- Englishfrozen
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bevrore
- bevrorehaving undergone freezing
Arabic مُجَمَّد, مُصَقَّع
- مُجَمَّد (mujammad)having undergone freezing
- مُصَقَّع (muṣaqqaʕ)having undergone freezing
Bengali নিথর
- নিথর (nithor)having undergone freezing
Bulgarian замразен, замръзнал
- замразен (zamrazen)having undergone freezing
- замръзнал (zamrăznal)having undergone freezing
- леден (leden)having undergone freezing
Catalan gelat
- gelathaving undergone freezing
Chinese Mandarin 凍結的 /冻结的, 冷凍的 /冷冻的
- 凍結的 /冻结的 (dòngjié de)having undergone freezing
- 冷凍的 /冷冻的 (lěngdòng de)having undergone freezing
- 結冰的 /结冰的 (jiébīng de)having undergone freezing
Czech zmrzlý, zamrzlý
- zmrzlýhaving undergone freezing
- zamrzlýhaving undergone freezing
Danish frossen
- frossenhaving undergone freezing
Dutch bevroren
- bevrorenhaving undergone freezing
Finnish jäädytetty, pakastettu
- jäädytettyhaving undergone freezing
- pakastettuhaving undergone freezing
- jäätynythaving undergone freezing
- pakastunuthaving undergone freezing
French congelé, gelé
- congeléhaving undergone freezing
- geléhaving undergone freezing
German gefroren
- gefrorenhaving undergone freezing
Greek κατεψυγμένος
- κατεψυγμένος (katepsygménos)having undergone freezing
Hebrew קפוא
- קפוא (kafú')having undergone freezing
Hungarian fagyott
- fagyotthaving undergone freezing
Icelandic freðinn, frosinn
- freðinnhaving undergone freezing
- frosinnhaving undergone freezing
Irish reoite
- reoitehaving undergone freezing
Italian ghiacciato, gelato
- ghiacciatohaving undergone freezing
- gelatohaving undergone freezing
- congelatohaving undergone freezing
Japanese 凍結
- 凍結 (tōketsu)having undergone freezing
Latin gelātus
- gelātushaving undergone freezing
Māori mae
- maehaving undergone freezing
Norwegian Bokmål frossen, frosset
- frossenhaving undergone freezing
- frossethaving undergone freezing
- tilfrossethaving undergone freezing
- frysthaving undergone freezing
Persian یخزده, فسرده
- یخزده (yax-zade)having undergone freezing
- فسرده (fesorde)having undergone freezing
Polish zamrożony
- zamrożonyhaving undergone freezing
Portuguese congelado, gelado
- congeladohaving undergone freezing
- geladohaving undergone freezing
Romanian înghețat
- înghețathaving undergone freezing
Russian заморо́женный, моро́женый
- заморо́женный (zamoróžennyj)having undergone freezing
- моро́женый (moróženyj)having undergone freezing
- замёрзший (zamjórzšij)having undergone freezing
Scottish Gaelic reòta
- reòtahaving undergone freezing
Slovak zamrznutý, zmrazený
- zamrznutýhaving undergone freezing
- zmrazenýhaving undergone freezing
Spanish congelado
- congeladohaving undergone freezing
Swedish fryst, frusen
- frysthaving undergone freezing
- frusenhaving undergone freezing
Tagalog elado
- eladohaving undergone freezing
Turkish donuk, donmuş
- donukhaving undergone freezing
- donmuşhaving undergone freezing
Ukrainian заморо́жений, моро́жений
- заморо́жений (zamoróženyj)having undergone freezing
- моро́жений (moróženyj)having undergone freezing
Vietnamese đông
- đônghaving undergone freezing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with frozen
All rhymes →Cite this entry
frozen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frozen
“frozen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frozen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frozen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frozen.
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