"cold front" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold fronts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold front (plural cold fronts)
  1. (meteorology) The leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air. Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena, Meteorology Related terms: warm front, weather front Translations (leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air): front fred [masculine] (Catalan), 冷鋒 (Chinese Mandarin), 冷锋 (lěngfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), koufront [neuter] (Dutch), kylmä rintama (Finnish), front froid [masculine] (French), Kaltfront [feminine] (German), ψυχρό μέτωπο (psychró métopo) [neuter] (Greek), શીતાગ્ર (śītāgra) [neuter] (Gujarati), hidegfront (Hungarian), fronta fuar [masculine] (Irish), fronte freddo [masculine] (Italian), 寒冷前線 (kanreizensen) (alt: かんれいぜんせん) (Japanese), 한랭전선 (hallaengjeonseon) (Korean), kaldfront [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaldfront [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), front chłodny [masculine] (Polish), frente fria [feminine] (Portuguese), холо́дный фронт (xolódnyj front) [masculine] (Russian), frente frío [masculine] (Spanish), kallfront [common-gender] (Swedish), unhang malamig (Tagalog), soğuk hava kitlesi (Turkish), ffrynt oer [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "寒冷前線"
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      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
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      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
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      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "frente fria"
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    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xolódnyj front",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "холо́дный фронт"
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      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kallfront"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "word": "unhang malamig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "word": "soğuk hava kitlesi"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "leading edge of an advancing mass of cold air",
      "tags": [
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