permafrost en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/ (US)
- /ˈpɜːməˌfɹɔst/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanentclip. English perma- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English permafrost From perma- + frost.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
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.
2003, Johannes C. Nonner, Introduction to Hydrogeology, →ISBN, page 157:In agreement with our overall trends within the permafrost samples, lower nirK and nirS and higher nosZ diversity have been identified in cryoturbated peat vs. unturbated peat soils (Palmer and Horn, 2012).
2015 July 21, Christopher R. Penton et al., “Denitrifying and diazotrophic community responses to artificial warming in permafrost and tallgrass prairie soils”, in Frontiers in Microbiology, volume 6, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| permafrosts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subpermafrost · permafrosted · permafrosty
Relateds
Translations (52)
es permacongelamiento (permanently frozen ground) · ka მარად მზრალი ნიადაგი (permanently frozen ground) · de Permafrostboden (permanently frozen ground) · gv sheer-rio (permanently frozen ground) · ga talamh síorshioctha (permanently frozen ground) · he קפאת־עד (permanently frozen ground) · pt permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · es permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · cy iâ parhaol (permanently frozen ground) · ca pergelisòl (permanently frozen ground) · es gelisuelo (permanently frozen ground) · ms ibun abadi (permanently frozen ground) · ka მარადი მზრალობა (permanently frozen ground) · ru ве́чная мерзлота́ (permanently frozen ground) · bg вечно замръзнала почва (permanently frozen ground) · ar تُربَةُ صَقِيعِيّة (permanently frozen ground) · ka მარად მზრალი ქვენიადაგი (permanently frozen ground) · lt amžinasis įšalas (permanently frozen ground) · ja 永久凍土 (permanently frozen ground) · ko 영구동토 (permanently frozen ground) · es permagel (permanently frozen ground) · es pergelisol (permanently frozen ground) · be ве́чная мерзлата́ (permanently frozen ground) · bo གཏན་འཁྱགས (permanently frozen ground) · es suelo permanentemente congelado (permanently frozen ground) · fr pergélisol (permanently frozen ground) · uk багаторі́чна мерзлота́ (permanently frozen ground) · uk ві́чна мерзлота (permanently frozen ground) · it permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · fi ikirouta (permanently frozen ground) · es suelo permanentemente helado (permanently frozen ground) · gl permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · id ibun abadi (permanently frozen ground) · cmn 永久凍土 /永久冻土 (permanently frozen ground) · fr permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · nn permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · mi upokomārō pūmau (permanently frozen ground) · nb permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · it permaghiaccio (permanently frozen ground) · es pergelisuelo (permanently frozen ground) · mk вечен мраз (permanently frozen ground) · he קפאון־עד (permanently frozen ground) · ka მრავალწლოვანი მზრალობა (permanently frozen ground) · ga talamh shíorshioctha (permanently frozen ground) · ka მარად მზრალი გრუნტი (permanently frozen ground) · cy rhew parhaol (permanently frozen ground) · es permahielo (permanently frozen ground) · pl wieczna zmarzlina (permanently frozen ground) · lv mūžīgais sasalums (permanently frozen ground) · it permagelo (permanently frozen ground) · nl permafrost (permanently frozen ground) · iu ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ (permanently frozen ground)