"névé" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /neɪˈveɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-névé.wav Forms: névés [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”), from Latin nix, nivis (“snow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|névé}} French névé, {{der|en|frp|-}} Franco-Provençal, {{der|en|la|nix|nix, nivis|snow}} Latin nix, nivis (“snow”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} névé (plural névés)
  1. The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier. Translations (The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn): gelera [feminine] (Catalan), фирн (firn) (Russian), nevero [masculine] (Spanish), helero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-névé-en-noun-IXdQIFpi Disambiguation of 'The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier — see also firn': 71 29
  2. (glaciology) 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. Categories (topical): Geology, Snow
    Sense id: en-névé-en-noun-cg~zfD-w Disambiguation of Geology: 26 74 Disambiguation of Snow: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Topics: geography, glaciology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nivation, firn

Inflected forms

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