jahutatud

Jahutatud is an Estonian adjective meaning cooled, chilled, or refrigerated. It is the past passive participle of the verb jahutada, which means to cool. The form indicates that the noun it modifies has undergone cooling, but it does not necessarily imply freezing.

Common usage appears in food, beverages, and related labeling. Examples include jahutatud piim (chilled milk), jahutatud vesi (cold water), and jahutatud kala (chilled fish). In restaurants and grocery contexts, jahutatud is used to distinguish items served cold from those at room temperature or frozen. The term is also found in industrial and scientific contexts, such as jahutatud vedelikud (cooled liquids), jahutatud gaasid (cooled gases), or jahutatud õhk (conditioned air).

Grammatically, jahutatud functions as an adjective and agrees with the noun in number and case, for example jahutatud toit, jahutatud tooted. It can appear in compound nouns or as part of descriptive phrases in Estonian sentences.

Related and contrasting terms include külmutatud, meaning frozen, and soojendatud or kuumutatud, meaning heated or warmed. Jahutatud typically refers to temperature reduction that may or may not reach freezing, whereas külmutatud specifically denotes freezing of the substance.

See also: cooling, refrigeration, Estonian grammar, Estonian vocabulary related to temperature.