dégel
Meanings
Noun
1. thaw (action of unfreezing/melting)
2. spring thaw (colloquialism, Canada, colloquial)
a. breakup, one of the 6 seasons of high latitudes; the thaw. (seasons, time, colloquial)
Examples1
Le dégel cause bien du gâchis.
The thawing causes a lot of muddy ground.