"frosty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹɒsti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɔsti/ [General-American], /ˈfɹɑs-/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-frosty.ogg [Australia] Forms: frostier [comparative], frostiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒsti Etymology: From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates: Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frosty}} Middle English frosty, {{m|enm|forsty}} forsty, {{inh|en|ang|forstiġ}} Old English forstiġ, {{m|ang|fyrstiġ|t=frosty}} fyrstiġ (“frosty”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*frostag}} Proto-West Germanic *frostag, {{m|gmw-pro|*frustīg}} *frustīg, {{surf|en|frost|-y|id2=adjectival}} By surface analysis, frost + -y, {{cog|fy|froastich|t=frosty}} West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), {{cog|nl|vorstig|t=frosty}} Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), {{cog|nds-de|fröstig|t=frosty}} German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), {{cog|de|frostig|t=frosty}} German frostig (“frosty”), {{cog|sv|frostig|t=frosty}} Swedish frostig (“frosty”), {{cog|stq|froasterch|t=frosty}} Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), {{cog|nds-de|frösterg|t=frosty}} German Low German frösterg (“frosty”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)
  1. Cold, chilly; icy. Categories (topical): Temperature Translations (cold, chilly): παχνώδης (pakhnṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), ayaz (Azerbaijani), мразовит (mrazovit) (Bulgarian), 酷寒的 (kù hán de) (Chinese Mandarin), mrazivý (Czech), vorstig (Dutch), jäätävä (Finnish), jääkylmä (Finnish), froid (French), gelé (French), givré (French), glacial (French), xeadento (Galician), xélido (Galician), frostig (German), koldeta (Ido), gelido (Italian), ghiacciato (Italian), gelato (Italian), frosty (Middle English), frostich (Plautdietsch), mroźny (Polish), gélido (Portuguese), моро́зный (moróznyj) (Russian), reòta (Scottish Gaelic), rhewllyd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-frosty-en-adj-en:cold_or_chilly Disambiguation of Temperature: 74 24 2 Disambiguation of 'cold, chilly': 94 2 3
  2. Having frost on it or in it. Translations (having frost on it): παχνώδης (pakhnṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), заскрежен (zaskrežen) (Bulgarian), 被霜覆盖的 (bèi shuāng fù gài de) (Chinese Mandarin), huurteinen (Finnish), givré (French), gelé (French), coperto di ghiaccio (Italian), pruīnōsus (Latin), hauhunga (Maori), frostich (Plautdietsch), oszroniony (Polish), geado (Portuguese), reòta (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-frosty-en-adj-en:frost_covered_or_frost_infused Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 94 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 86 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 8 74 18 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 76 3 19 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 76 4 17 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -y: 1 77 3 18 0 Disambiguation of 'having frost on it': 3 88 9
  3. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner. Tags: figuratively Translations (having an aloof or inhospitable manner): بارد (Arabic), 冷漠的 (lěng mò) (Chinese Mandarin), jäätävä (Finnish), froid (French), glacial (French), lodowaty (Polish)
    Sense id: en-frosty-en-adj-en:aloof_or_inhospitable Disambiguation of 'having an aloof or inhospitable manner': 3 5 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frostily, frostiness, frosty one, stay frosty, that'll be the frosty Friday

Inflected forms

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      "word": "stay frosty"
    },
    {
      "word": "that'll be the frosty Friday"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "frosty"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forsty"
      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "t": "frosty"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*frostag"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "frost",
        "3": "-y",
        "id2": "adjectival"
      },
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      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "froastich",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "vorstig",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch vorstig (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "fröstig",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German fröstig (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "frostig",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "German frostig (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "frostig",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish frostig (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "froasterch",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "frösterg",
        "t": "frosty"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German frösterg (“frosty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y.\nCognates:\nCognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frostier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "frostiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'd like a frosty milkshake.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cold, chilly; icy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chilly",
          "chilly"
        ],
        [
          "icy",
          "icy"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:cold or chilly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having frost on it or in it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frost",
          "frost"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:frost-covered or frost-infused"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an aloof or inhospitable manner."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:aloof or inhospitable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɒsti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɔsti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɑs-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒsti"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-frosty.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/En-au-frosty.ogg/En-au-frosty.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/En-au-frosty.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "ayaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mrazovit",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "мразовит"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kù hán de",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "酷寒的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "mrazivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "vorstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "jäätävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "jääkylmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "froid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "gelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "givré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "glacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "xeadento"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "xélido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "frostig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pakhnṓdēs",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "παχνώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "koldeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "gelido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "ghiacciato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "gelato"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "frosty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "frostich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "mroźny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "gélido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moróznyj",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "моро́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "reòta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cold, chilly",
      "word": "rhewllyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaskrežen",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "заскрежен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèi shuāng fù gài de",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "被霜覆盖的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "huurteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "givré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "gelé"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pakhnṓdēs",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "παχνώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "coperto di ghiaccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "pruīnōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "hauhunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "frostich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "oszroniony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "geado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having frost on it",
      "word": "reòta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "بارد"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lěng mò",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "冷漠的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "jäätävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "froid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "glacial"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having an aloof or inhospitable manner",
      "word": "lodowaty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frosty"
}

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