The Finnish word for frost is
pakkanen
Translations for frost and their definitions
| kuura | |
| 1. n. frost created by deposition of water vapor into solid ice, when the dew point is below 0 °C, the surface temperature is less than the dew point, and the air temperature is over the dew point |
| huurtua | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To frost (to get covered with frost). | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To steam (to get covered with condensed water vapour). |
| harmittaa | |
| 1. v. | |
| 2. v. to irritate, annoy, vex, irk | |
| Häviö harmittaa minua. | |
| The loss irritates me. | |
| 3. v. to be irritated, annoyed, vexed | |
| Minua harmittaa. | |
| I am irritated. |
| pakkanen | |
| 1. n. Frost, as sub-zero temperature of ambient air. | |
| On kymmenen astetta pakkasta. | |
| The temperature is ten degrees below zero. | |
| Pakkanen kiristyy. | |
| It's getting colder. / The frost is getting worse. | |
| Talvella 1985–86 oli Suomessa kovat pakkaset. | |
| The winter of 1985–86 was very cold in Finland. | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) In the adessive case, financially in the red. | |
| Yhtiön tulos on vahvasti pakkasella. | |
| The company is heavily in the red. |
| halla | |
| 1. n. frost | |
| alavilla mailla hallanvaara | |
| risk of frost on low-lying areas |
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