different between permafrost vs permafrozen

English

Etymology

perma- +? frost

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?m??f??st/

Noun

permafrost (countable and uncountable, plural permafrosts)

1. Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
   • 2003, Johannes C. Nonner, Introduction to Hydrogeology, ?ISBN, page 157,

     Nevertheless, the water molecule is present, as ice, in a solid form in frozen soils or permafrosts, which cover large regions characterised by a polar climate.

Derived terms

• permafrosted

Translations

See also

• cryogenesis

Anagrams

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English permafrost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?r.ma??fr?st/
• Hyphenation: per?ma?frost

Noun

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. permafrost

French

Etymology

perma- +? frost.

Noun

permafrost m (plural permafrosts)

1. permafrost

Further reading

• “permafrost” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English permafrost

Noun

permafrost m (definite singular permafrosten, uncountable)

1. permafrost

References

• “permafrost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “permafrost” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English permafrost

Noun

permafrost m (definite singular permafrosten, uncountable)

1. permafrost

References

• “permafrost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. (geology) permafrost (permanently frozen ground)

Spanish

Etymology

From English permafrost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?maf??ost/, [pe?.maf??ost?]

Noun

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. (geology) permafrost

   Synonyms: permagel, permacongelamiento

English

Etymology

perma- +? frozen

Adjective

permafrozen (not comparable)

1. permanently frozen
   • 2006, Terri Farley, Phantom Stallion #21, p. 210

     Piece of cake? her mind screeched. Piece of ten-million-year-old permafrozen glacier, maybe.

   • 2001, Graham Taylor and R.A. Eggleton, Regolith Geology and Geomorphology, p. 239

     Pingos form by the penetration of unfrozen but saturated sands to the surface through a layer of permafrozen ground.

   • 1980, Robert Auty, Companion to Russian Studies: An Introduction to Russian History, p. 11

     With the very long winter, permafrozen soil, and low evaporation, the soil is waterlogged.

Related terms

• permafrost