"snowdrift" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snowdrift.wav Forms: snowdrifts [plural]
Etymology: From snow + drift. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snow|drift}} snow + drift Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowdrift (plural snowdrifts)
  1. A bank of snow accumulated by the wind. Wikipedia link: snowdrift Categories (topical): Snow Synonyms: snowbank, snow drift Hyponyms: snow cornice Derived forms: snowdrift glacier, snowdrift ice Translations (bank of snow): kürtük (Azerbaijani), көрт (kört) (Bashkir), преспа (prespa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), congesta [feminine] (Catalan), pila de neu [feminine] (Catalan), cúmul de neu [masculine] (Catalan), 雪堆 (xuěduī) (Chinese Mandarin), sněhová závěj [feminine] (Czech), snefane (Danish), snedrive (Danish), sneeuwbank [feminine] (Dutch), sneeuwduin [feminine] (Dutch), sneeuwdrift [feminine] (Dutch), шушмо (šušmo) (Erzya), neĝamaso (Esperanto), lumehang (Estonian), kavafonn [feminine] (Faroese), nietos (Finnish), kinos (Finnish), lumikinos (Finnish), lumivalli (english: formed by plowing etc. rather than the wind) (Finnish), congère [feminine] (French), ნამქერი (namkeri) (Georgian), Schneewehe [feminine] (German), Schneeverwehung [feminine] (German), χιονοστιβάδα (chionostiváda) [feminine] (Greek), apusineq (Greenlandic), aputip qingartagaa (Greenlandic), ʻapukāka (Hawaiian), hófúvás (Hungarian), hókupac (Hungarian), hótorlasz (Hungarian), hóbucka (Hungarian), snjóskafli [masculine] (Icelandic), niv-amaso (Ido), hanki (Ingrian), kulvehto (Ingrian), lumihanki (Ingrian), lumikulvehto (Ingrian), ráth sneachta [masculine] (Irish), cumulo di neve [masculine] (Italian), күртік (kürtık) (Kazakh), омбы (omby) (Kazakh), cumulus nivis [masculine] (Latin), пре́спа (préspa) [feminine] (Macedonian), со́спа (sóspa) [feminine] (Macedonian), ლანქერი (lankeri) (Mingrelian), ლენქერი (lenkeri) (Mingrelian), snøfonn [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snødrive [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snøfonn [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), snødrive [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zaspa [feminine] (Polish), zaspa śnieżna [feminine] (Polish), acúmulo de neve [masculine] (Portuguese), troian [neuter] (Romanian), nămete [masculine] (Romanian), сугро́б (sugrób) [masculine] (Russian), cúmulo de nieve [masculine] (Spanish), ნენქერ (nenker) (Svan), snödriva [common-gender] (Swedish), snövall [common-gender] (Swedish), һөртүк (Tofa), заме́т (zamét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), consire [feminine] (Walloon), sconsire [feminine] (Walloon), banc d' nive [masculine] (Walloon), lluwchfa [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "bank of snow",
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          "word": "congère"
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          "roman": "namkeri",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
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          "sense": "bank of snow",
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          "sense": "bank of snow",
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          "word": "zaspa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "zaspa śnieżna"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "troian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nămete"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sugrób",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сугро́б"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cúmulo de nieve"
        },
        {
          "code": "sva",
          "lang": "Svan",
          "roman": "nenker",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "word": "ნენქერ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "snödriva"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "snövall"
        },
        {
          "code": "kim",
          "lang": "Tofa",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "word": "һөртүк"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zamét",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "заме́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consire"
        },
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          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sconsire"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banc d' nive"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "bank of snow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lluwchfa"
        }
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        "snowdrift"
      ]
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    },
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      "word": "snowdrift ice"
    }
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        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Erzya translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
        "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Ido translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Livvi translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mingrelian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Svan translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tofa translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Walloon translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "1962 April, D. Bertram, “Trans-Pennine Diversion”, in Modern Railways, page 255:",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "kürtük"
    },
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kört",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "көрт"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prespa",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "преспа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "congesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pila de neu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cúmul de neu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuěduī",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "雪堆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sněhová závěj"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "snefane"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "snedrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sneeuwbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sneeuwduin"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sneeuwdrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "šušmo",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "шушмо"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "neĝamaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "lumehang"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kavafonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "nietos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "kinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "lumikinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "formed by plowing etc. rather than the wind",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "lumivalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "congère"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "namkeri",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "ნამქერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schneewehe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schneeverwehung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chionostiváda",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χιονοστιβάδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "apusineq"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "aputip qingartagaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "ʻapukāka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "hófúvás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "hókupac"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "hótorlasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "hóbucka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snjóskafli"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "niv-amaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "hanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "kulvehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "lumihanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "lumikulvehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ráth sneachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumulo di neve"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kürtık",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "күртік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "omby",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "омбы"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumulus nivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "préspa",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́спа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sóspa",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "со́спа"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "lankeri",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "ლანქერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "lenkeri",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "ლენქერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snøfonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snødrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snøfonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snødrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zaspa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zaspa śnieżna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acúmulo de neve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "troian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nămete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sugrób",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сугро́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cúmulo de nieve"
    },
    {
      "code": "sva",
      "lang": "Svan",
      "roman": "nenker",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "ნენქერ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snödriva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snövall"
    },
    {
      "code": "kim",
      "lang": "Tofa",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "word": "һөртүк"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zamét",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заме́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consire"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sconsire"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banc d' nive"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bank of snow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lluwchfa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snowdrift"
}

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