permafrost

perma- +‎ frost

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/

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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.

• permafrosted

• cryogenesis

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Borrowed from English permafrost.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.maːˌfrɔst/

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• Hyphenation: per‧ma‧frost

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. permafrost

From perma- +‎ frost.

permafrost m (plural permafrosts)

1. permafrost

• “permafrost”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From English permafrost.

permafrost m (definite singular permafrosten, uncountable)

1. permafrost

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

From English permafrost.

permafrost m (definite singular permafrosten, uncountable)

1. permafrost

• “permafrost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. (geology) permafrost (permanently frozen ground)

Borrowed from German Permafrost or French permafrost.

permafrost n (plural permafrosturi)

1. permafrost

Borrowed from English permafrost.

• IPA^(key): /peɾmaˈfɾost/ [peɾ.maˈfɾost̪]
• Rhymes: -ost
• Syllabification: per‧ma‧frost

permafrost m (uncountable)

1. (geology) permafrost

   Synonyms: permagel, permacongelamiento

• “permafrost”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

permafrost c

1. permafrost

• tjäle (“frozen ground”)

• permafrost in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• permafrost in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)