neige

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

neige

deverbal of neiger, from Vulgar Latin nĭvīcare (cf. Italian nevicare). It ousted the old French noif, from Latin nix, accusative of nĭx ("snow").

Definitions

météorologie
botanique

Synonym

or blanc

Plural

neiges

Hyperonyms

Hyponyms

floconpoudreuse

Translations

  • germangerman:Schnee
  • englishenglish:snow
  • arabicarabic:ثلج
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:
  • danishdanish:sne
  • spanishspanish:nieve
  • finnishfinnish:lumi
  • greekgreek:χιόνι
  • hebrewhebrew:שלג
  • hindihindi:हिमपात
  • italianitalian:neve
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:sneeuw
  • polishpolish:śnieg
  • portugueseportuguese:neve
  • russianrussian:снег
  • swedishswedish:snö
  • turkishturkish:kar
  • ukrainianukrainian:сніг

See also

déneiger (v.) désenneiger (v.) enneigement (cn.) enneiger (v.) enneigé (adj.) neiger (v.) déneigement (cn.) neigeux (adj.) déneigeuse (cn.)