noun
Meaning 1
The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
névé
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Pronunciation
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/neɪˈveɪ/
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rhymes with -eɪ
noun
Meaning 2
Young, granular snow on a glacier, which has been partially melted and refrozen since deposition, but has not yet turned into firn by surviving a full season of ablation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, glaciology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”), from Latin nivatus "snow-cooled" (< Latin nix, nivis (“snow”)).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: gelera — The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn
- Russian: фирн (firn) — The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn
- Spanish: nevero — The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn
- Spanish: helero — The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn