"snowy" meaning in English

See snowy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /snəʊi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-snowy.ogg Forms: snowier [comparative], snowiest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ, equivalent to snow + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snowy}} Middle English snowy, {{inh|en|ang|snāwiġ}} Old English snāwiġ, {{af|en|snow|-y}} snow + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)
  1. Marked by snow, characterized by snow. Translations (marked by snow): ثَلْجِيّ (ṯaljiyy) (Arabic), сне́жны (snjéžny) (Belarusian), сьне́жны (sʹnjéžny) [Taraškievica] (Belarusian), снегавы́ (snjehavý) (Belarusian), сьнегавы́ (sʹnjehavý) [Taraškievica] (Belarusian), сне́жен (snéžen) (Bulgarian), nevat (Catalan), neval (Catalan), sněžný (Czech), neĝa (Esperanto), luminen (Finnish), lumisateinen (note: of snowfall) (Finnish), neigeux (French), nevarento (Galician), Schnee- (German), χιονισμένος (chionisménos) [masculine] (Greek), snjóugur (Icelandic), snjóþungur (Icelandic), sneachtúil (Irish), sneachtach (Irish), innevato (Italian), лөмъя (låmja) (Komi-Yazva), nivōsus (Latin), niveus (Latin), снежен (snežen) (Macedonian), برفی (barfi) (Persian), śnieżny (Polish), nevoso (Portuguese), nevado (Portuguese), сне́жный (snéžnyj) (Russian), снегово́й (snegovój) (Russian), сне̏жан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), сње̏жан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), snȅžan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), snjȅžan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), snežný (Slovak), snežen (Slovene), nevado (Spanish), snöig (Swedish), сні́жний (snížnyj) (Ukrainian), снігови́й (snihovýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-snowy-en-adj-C9QYDAR8 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'marked by snow': 79 10 10
  2. Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.
    Sense id: en-snowy-en-adj-H4sPYzWT
  3. Snow-white in color, white as snow. Categories (topical): Snow Synonyms: niveous
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snowily, snowiness, snowy auk, snowy egret, snowy falcon, snowy hare, snowy heron, snowyish, snowy lemming, snowy mespil, snowy mespilus, Snowy Mountains, snowy orchid, snowy owl, snowy pear, snowy petrel, snowy plover, Snowy River, snowy sheathbill, snowy tree cricket, Snowy Valleys

Noun

IPA: /snəʊi/ [UK] Audio: en-us-snowy.ogg Forms: snowies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ, equivalent to snow + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snowy}} Middle English snowy, {{inh|en|ang|snāwiġ}} Old English snāwiġ, {{af|en|snow|-y}} snow + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowy (plural snowies)
  1. (informal) Synonym of snowy owl Tags: informal Synonyms: snowy owl [synonym, synonym-of]
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Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-us-snowy.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snowy"
}

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