jääkylmä — meaning in English

English meaning

• Arctic adjective Relating to the region around the North Pole.
• frigid adj Extremely cold.
• frosty adjective Cold and icy, often with a thin layer of frost.
• gelid adj Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
• glacial adj Relating to glaciers or ice ages.
• icy adjective Covered with ice, or extremely cold.

Senses

jääkylmä is used for these senses in English:

• Arctic Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic. [from 16th c.]
• cold as ice (simile) Very cold.
• frigid Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
• frore (archaic) Extremely cold; frozen.
• frosty Cold, chilly; icy.
• gelid Very cold; icy or frosty.
• glacial Cold and icy.
• icy Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.

Arctic — full definition

1. adjective Relating to the region around the North Pole.
2. adjective Extremely cold.

frigid — full definition

1. adj Extremely cold.
2. adj Cold and unfriendly in manner; showing no warmth or emotion.
3. adj Dated and often offensive: describing someone (typically a woman) as sexually unresponsive.

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