névé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "neve"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (mass of snow), from Latin nix, nivis (snow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neɪˈveɪ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

névé (plural névés)

  1. The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier.
    • 1913, R. F. Scott, chapter XVIII, in Leonard Huxley, editor, Scott's Last Expedition, volume I, Monday, December 25:
      Then we started up a rise, and to our annoyance found ourselves amongst crevasses once more—very hard, smooth névé between high ridges at the edge of crevasses, and therefore very difficult to get foothold to pull the sledges.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal névi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne.ve/
  • (file)

Noun

névé m (plural névés)

  1. névé

Descendants

  • English: névé

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