English–French
“freeze” in French
How to say “freeze” in French
“Freeze” in French is geler.
Water turns from flowing liquid into a hard, cold surface of ice, while movement or activity can also suddenly become fixed.
Example sentences with geler
Le lac gèle à zéro degré.
The lake freezes at zero degrees.
Tips for using geler
- English gel usually means thicken or set rather than freeze, so geler generally translates as freeze in physical contexts.
Other French words for “freeze”
Le froid glace la rivière.
The cold freezes the river.
Je congèle du pain pour la semaine.
I freeze some bread for the week.