Khoref gar'ini (חורף גרעיני) means nuclear winter in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חֹרֶף גַּרְעִינִי
khoref gar'ini
noun · masculine
In English
nuclear winter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Khoref gar'ini.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אסון אקולוגי שעשוי להיות תוצאתה של מלחמה גרעינית רחבת־היקף. ההשערה היא שבאסון כזה כמויות גדולות של עשן ושל פיח יחדרו לאטמוספרה.
- 2בהשאלה אסון כלשהו שביטוייו האקולוגיים דומים לאלו של חורף גרעיני (ראו פירוש ראשון).
- 3תרגום שאילה מאנגלית: nuclear winter. המילה "גרעיני" נובעת מהשימוש בנשק גרעיני, ואילו המילה "חורף" נובעת מההנחה שחדירת העשן והפיח לאטמוספרה תביא לקור קיצוני.
The word Khoref gar'ini is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֹרֶף גַּרְעִינִי
- Written without vowel points
- חורף גרעיני
- Said
- khoref gar'ini
- Gematria
- 637
This is how Khoref gar'ini is said in other languages.
- English
- nuclear winter
- Arabic
- الشتاء النووي
- Russian
- ядерная зима
- French
- hiver nucléaire
- Spanish
- invierno nuclear
- German
- Nuklearer Winter
These words come before and after Khoref gar'ini in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khoref gar'ini.
What does Khoref gar'ini (חורף גרעיני) mean in Hebrew?
Khoref gar'ini (חורף גרעיני) means nuclear winter. It is said khoref gar'ini, with the stress on kho.
Is Khoref gar'ini (חורף גרעיני) masculine or feminine?
The word Khoref gar'ini (חורף גרעיני) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חרף גרעיני of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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