hoar

• Adjectif désuet décrivant quelque chose de gris ou de blanc en raison de l'âge, en particulier les cheveux ou le givre.

An archaic adjective describing something that is gray or white with age, especially hair or frost.

1. White or gray with ageC2formalbritish

   Describing something, especially hair or frost, that is white or gray due to age or cold.

   blanc ou gris par âge

   • The old man's hoar beard was a sign of his many years.
   • The hoar frost covered the grass in the early morning.
   • Her hoar hair was a testament to a long life.

   Synonymesagedfrostygraygrizzledhoarysilverysnowywhite

• Nom désignant le givre ou un dépôt blanc semblable à du givre, souvent utilisé dans un contexte poétique pour décrire l'apparence blanche de quelque chose, en particulier les cheveux ou un paysage hivernal. En anglais moderne, le mot est largement archaïque ou littéraire.

A noun referring to frost or a white, frost-like coating, often used poetically to describe the white appearance of something, especially hair or landscape in winter. The word is largely archaic or literary in modern English.

indénombrable

1. C2formalbritish

   White frost that forms on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, often used in poetic contexts.

   Givre blanc

   • The morning grass was covered in a delicate hoar.
   • Hoar glistened on the windowpane at dawn.
   • The old poet wrote of the hoar settling on the fields.

   Synonymesfrosthoarfrostrime