subnival

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sʌbˈnaɪvl̩/
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• General-American: /ˌsʌbˈnaɪv(ə)l/
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• rhymes with -aɪvəl
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PIE word *upó From sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + nival (“abounding with snow; snow-covered, snowy; found or thriving in snowy conditions”), borrowed from German subnival, from Late Latin subnivalis, from Latin sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + nivālis (“snow-covered; snowy”) (from nix (“snow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygwh- (“to snow”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)).

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: lumirajan alapuolinen — of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow
• French: subnival — of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow
• French: subnivéen — of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow
• German: subnival — of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow
• Latin: subnivalis — of a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow
• Finnish: lumen alla kasvava — growing or capable of growing, or occurring, underneath snow — see also subnivian