Meaning of permafrost | Babel Free
/ˈpɝməˌfɹɔst/Definitions
Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer thereof.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
العربية
تُربَةُ صَقِيعِيّة
Deutsch
Permafrostboden
Suomi
ikirouta
Bahasa Indonesia
ibun abadi
日本語
永久凍土
한국어
영구동토
Nederlands
permafrost
Polski
wieczna zmarzlina
Português
permafrost
Русский
ве́чная мерзлота́
Examples
“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.”
“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 ).”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.