dry ice

English

Etymology

A genericised trademark of Prest Air Devices.

Noun

dry ice (uncountable)

Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.

Synonyms

cardice

Translations

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state

Basque: izotz lehor, elur karboniko
Catalan: gel sec, neu carbònica
Chinese:
Mandarin: 乾冰／干冰 (zh) (gānbīng)
Czech: suchý led (cs) m
Dutch: droogijs (nl)
Estonian: kuiv jää, süsihappelumi
Finnish: hiilihappojää, kuivajää (fi)
French: glace sèche (fr) f, glace carbonique (fr) f
Galician: xeo seco (gl) m
Georgian: მშრალი ყინული (mšrali q̇inuli)
German: Trockeneis (de) n
Greek: ξηρός πάγος (xirós págos)
Gujarati: શુષ્ક બરફ (śuṣk baraph)
Hebrew: קֶרַח יָבֵשׁ (he) m (kérach yavésh)
Hindi: सूखी बर्फ (sūkhī barph)
Hungarian: szárazjég (hu)
Icelandic: þurrís m, kolsýruís m, kolsýrusnjór m
Indonesian: es biang
Italian: ghiaccio secco m
Japanese: ドライアイス (ja) (dorai-aisu)
Korean: 드라이아이스 (ko) (deurai-aiseu)
Latvian: sausais ledus
Malay: ais kering (ms),
Maori: hauhā totoka
Moksha: коське эй (kośke ej)
Polish: suchy lód (pl) m
Portuguese: gelo seco m
Russian: сухо́й лёд m (suxój ljod)
Spanish: hielo seco (es) m, nieve carbónica f
Swedish: torris (sv) c
Tamil: ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி (īramilpaṉikkaṭṭi)
Thai: น้ำแข็งแห้ง (th) (nám-kɛ̌ng-hɛ̂ɛng)
Turkish: kuru buz
Vietnamese: đá khô

Further reading

dry ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

cidery, erycid

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