geler

to freeze

ʒ ə . l e
gel to freeze + er Infinitive
verb Rare #35,995
to freeze Can be used for weather (it freezes) or for something becoming frozen.
FR: En hiver, il peut geler la nuit.
EN: In winter, it can freeze at night.
Conjugation of geler
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geler

Et moi, tu me laisses me geler sur la lune?

And you're leaving me to freeze on the moon?

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Faut pas s'endormir, on va geler!

Don’t fall asleep, we’re going to freeze!

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)

Je pense qu'il va geler ce soir.

I think it’s going to freeze tonight.

La pluie avait à peine fini de tomber que le sol commença à geler.

The rain had barely stopped falling when the ground began to freeze.

Il s'y serait laissé geler à mort?

Would he have let himself freeze to death there?

— Vivre (1952)

On va geler.

We're going to freeze.

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)

J’ai l’impression que mes poumons vont geler!

I feel like my lungs are going to freeze!

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

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