congeal

English

Etymology

From Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kənjēl', IPA^(key): /kənˈd͡ʒiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

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Verb

congeal (third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)

1. (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
2. (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid such as gel or jelly.
3. (transitive) To make rigid or immobile.

   We must act before opposition to our plans congeals.

4. (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify.

Derived terms

• congealability
• congealable
• congealment
• noncongealing
• recongeal
• uncongeal

 

Translations

to change from a liquid to solid state

• Afrikaans: stol
• Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se)
• Cornish: kowla
• Danish: stivne
• Dutch: stollen (nl)
• Finnish: jähmettää (fi)
• Galician: conxelar (gl)
• German: erstarren (de)
• Hebrew: קפא (he) (kafá)
• Icelandic: hlaupa (is)
• Irish: oighrigh, reoigh, sioc, téacht, cruaigh
• Italian: congelare (it)
• Khmer: កក (km) (kɑɑk)
• Maori: papaku, whakatotoka
• Norwegian: stivne
• Polish: zestalić
• Portuguese: congelar (pt)
• Russian: застыва́ть (ru) impf (zastyvátʹ), засты́ть (ru) pf (zastýtʹ), замерза́ть (ru) impf (zamerzátʹ), замёрзнуть (ru) pf (zamjórznutʹ) (freeze), тверде́ть (ru) impf (tverdétʹ), затверде́ть (ru) pf (zatverdétʹ) (harden)
• Spanish: congelar (es)
• Swedish: stelna (sv)
• Ukrainian: застига́ти impf (zastyháty), засти́гнути pf (zastýhnuty), засти́гти pf (zastýhty), замерза́ти impf (zamerzáty), заме́рзнути pf (zamérznuty)

to coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly

• Afrikaans: koaguleer, stol
• Bulgarian:коагулирам (bg) (koaguliram)
• Danish: koagulere
• Dutch: stollen (nl), stremmen (nl)
• Finnish: hyydyttää, hyytelöidä (fi)
• German: gerinnen (de), koagulieren (de)
• Hebrew: הקפיא (he) (hikpí)
• Irish: téacht, cruaigh
• Italian: coagulare (it)
• Khmer: កក (km) (kɑɑk)
• Latin: concrescō
• Maori: whakatotoka
• Norwegian: koagulere
• Portuguese: gelificar (pt)
• Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) impf (sguščátʹ), сгусти́ть (ru) pf (sgustítʹ), коагули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (koagulírovatʹ), свёртывать (ru) impf (svjórtyvatʹ), сверну́ть (ru) pf (svernútʹ)
• Spanish: coagular (es)
• Swedish: koagulera (sv), ysta sig

to make rigid or immobile

• Finnish: jähmettää (fi)
• Portuguese: congelar (pt)

to become congealed, solidify

• Bulgarian: сгъстявам се (sgǎstjavam se)
• Cornish: kowla
• Dutch: stollen (nl), coaguleren (nl)
• Finnish: jähmettyä (fi)
• Irish: reoigh, cruaigh, oighrigh, sioc, téacht
• Maori: tepe, tetepe
• Russian: застыва́ть (ru) impf (zastyvátʹ), засты́ть (ru) pf (zastýtʹ), замерза́ть (ru) impf (zamerzátʹ), замёрзнуть (ru) pf (zamjórznutʹ) (freeze), тверде́ть (ru) impf (tverdétʹ), затверде́ть (ru) pf (zatverdétʹ) (harden)
• Spanish: congelar (es) (pronominal)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Korean: (intransitive) ^{(please verify)} 얼다 (eolda) (eolda (eolda)), ^{(please verify)} 엉기다 (eonggida) (eonggida (eonggida)), (transitive) ^{(please verify)} 얼리다 (eollida) (eollida (eollida))
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} katılaşmak (tr), ^{(please verify)} pıhtılaşmak (tr) (for blood)