antifreeze

English

Alternative forms

anti-freeze

Etymology

From anti- +‎ freeze.

Pronunciation

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Noun

antifreeze (countable and uncountable, plural antifreezes)

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water;
(automobiles) Automotive antifreeze, a solution of ethylene glycol, used as an additive to water or replacement for water, in the radiators of motorcars.
(aviation) Deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of airplanes, and prevent icing while on the tarmac.

Related terms

antifreezing

Translations

a substance used to lower the freezing point of water

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: антифри́з m (antifríz)
Catalan: anticongelant m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防凍液／防冻液 (zh) (fángdòngyè)
Czech: nemrznoucí kapalina f, chladicí kapalina f
Danish: frostvæske c
Dutch: antivries (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: antifriis
Finnish: pakkasneste
French: antigel (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Frostschutzmittel (de) n
Greek: αντιψυκτικό n (antipsyktikó)
Irish: frithreo m
Japanese: 不凍液 (ふとうえき, futōeki)
Korean: 부동액(不凍液) (ko) (budong'aek)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: antifrizas m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frostvæske m or f

Nynorsk: frostvæske f
Plautdietsch: Antiefries n
Polish: płyn przeciw zamarzaniu m, odmrażacz m, płyn chłodniczy m
Portuguese: anticongelante (pt) m
Russian: антифри́з (ru) m (antifríz)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏нтифрӣз m

Roman: ȁntifrīz (sh) m
Spanish: anticongelante (es) m
Swedish: frostskydd n, glykol (sv) c
Turkish: antifriz (tr), dondurmaz (rare)
Welsh: gwrthrewydd m

Further reading

antifreeze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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