Due to a request by a reader here's on the proper use of the three verbs which means almost the same thing
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
geler /ʒəle/
- transitive verb
- to freeze;
to nip [plant];
- to freeze [salaries];
to suspend [plan].
- intransitive verb [water, ground, finger, foot] to freeze;
[plant] to be frosted.
- verb, impersonal il gèle it's freezing.
geler: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2008
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| geler | | v | block (freeze) | | | | | | |
| geler | | v | immobilize (Finance) | | | | | | |
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| geler | | v | suspend (freeze) | | | | | | |
| geler | | v | frost (damage by) | | | | | | |
| geler | | v | freeze (freeze assets) | | | | | | |
| geler | | v | freeze (water, liquid) | | | | | | |
| geler | | v | freeze up | | | | | | |
| geler | (bloquer) | v | halt | | | | | | |
| geler | (liquide) | v | freeze | | | | | | |
| geler | (route) | v | make icy | | | | | | |
| geler | (transir) | v | numb | | | | | | |
| geler | (plante) | vi | chill (plant) | | | | | | |
surgeler: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2008
| surgeler | | v | deep-freeze |
| surgeler | | vtr | quick-freeze |
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
congeler /kɔ̃ʒle/
- transitive verb to freeze.
- se congeler reflexive verb (+ v être) to freeze.
congeler: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2008
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| congeler | (alimentation) | v | deep-freeze | | | | | | |
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| congeler | (alimentation) | v | deep freeze | | | | | | |
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