neige

Deverbal from neiger. Displaced Old French noif, from Latin nix, nivem.

Travailler sous la neige.


avalanche

→ English: avalanche

→ Galician: avalancha

→ Portuguese: avalanche, avalancha

→ Romanian: avalanșă

→ Spanish: avalancha

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal avalançhe (Savoy), blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), alteration of Late Latin labina (“landslide”) (compare (Dauphiné) Franco-Provençal lavino, Romansch lavina), from Latin lābor (“to slip, slide”).


neiger

neiger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
neigeant (gerund participle present)
neigeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
neigé (participle past)
neigé (participle past)
neige (indicative present singular third-person)
neigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
neigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
neigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
neigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
neigera (future indicative singular third-person)
neigerait (conditional singular third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
neige (present singular subjunctive third-person)
neigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
neigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)

Inherited from Middle French neiger, from Old French negier, from Vulgar Latin *nivicāre, a verb based on Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). Compare Italian nevicare.

Il neigeait.


bonhomme de neige

fr-noun

bonhomme de neige m (plural bonhommes de neige or bonshommes de neige)

bonhommes de neige (plural)
bonshommes de neige (plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-bonhomme de neige.wav


boule de neige

boule de neige f (plural boules de neige)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boule de neige.wav


nival

fr-adj

nival (feminine nivale, masculine plural nivaux, feminine plural nivales)

nivale (feminine)
nivaux (masculine plural)
nivales (feminine plural)


déneiger

déneiger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
déneigeant (gerund participle present)
déneigeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
déneigé (participle past)
déneigé (participle past)
déneige (first-person indicative present singular)
déneiges (indicative present second-person singular)
déneige (indicative present singular third-person)
déneigeons (first-person indicative plural present)
déneigeons (first-person indicative plural present)
déneigez (indicative plural present second-person)
déneigez (indicative plural present second-person)
déneigent (indicative plural present third-person)
déneigeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
déneigeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
déneigeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
déneigeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
déneigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
déneigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
déneigions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
déneigions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
déneigiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
déneigiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
déneigeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
déneigeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
déneigeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
déneigeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
déneigeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
déneigeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
déneigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
déneigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
déneigeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
déneigeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
déneigeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
déneigeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
déneigèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
déneigèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
déneigerai (first-person future indicative singular)
déneigeras (future indicative second-person singular)
déneigera (future indicative singular third-person)
déneigerons (first-person future indicative plural)
déneigerez (future indicative plural second-person)
déneigeront (future indicative plural third-person)
déneigerais (conditional first-person singular)
déneigerais (conditional second-person singular)
déneigerait (conditional singular third-person)
déneigerions (conditional first-person plural)
déneigerions (conditional first-person plural)
déneigeriez (conditional plural second-person)
déneigeriez (conditional plural second-person)
déneigeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
déneige (first-person present singular subjunctive)
déneiges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
déneige (present singular subjunctive third-person)
déneigions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
déneigions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
déneigiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
déneigiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
déneigent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
déneigeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
déneigeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
déneigeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
déneigeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
déneigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
déneigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
déneigeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
déneigeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
déneigeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
déneigeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
déneigeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
déneigeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
déneige (imperative second-person singular)
déneigeons (first-person imperative plural)
déneigeons (first-person imperative plural)
déneigez (imperative plural second-person)
déneigez (imperative plural second-person)


andain de neige

fr-noun

andain de neige m (plural andains de neige)


déneigement

From déneiger (“to remove snow from”) + -ment.


banc de neige

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-banc de neige.wav


souffleuse à neige

fr-noun

souffleuse à neige f (plural souffleuse à neige)


canon à neige

snow cannon (machine that spurts out snow over pistes)


tempête de neige

tempête de neige f (plural tempêtes de neige)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Simon Villeneuve-tempête de neige.wav

snowstorm (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow)


enneiger

enneiger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enneigeant (gerund participle present)
enneigeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enneigé (participle past)
enneigé (participle past)
enneige (first-person indicative present singular)
enneiges (indicative present second-person singular)
enneige (indicative present singular third-person)
enneigeons (first-person indicative plural present)
enneigeons (first-person indicative plural present)
enneigez (indicative plural present second-person)
enneigez (indicative plural present second-person)
enneigent (indicative plural present third-person)
enneigeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enneigeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enneigeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enneigeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enneigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enneigeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enneigions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enneigions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enneigiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enneigiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enneigeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enneigeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enneigeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enneigeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enneigeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enneigeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enneigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enneigea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enneigeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enneigeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enneigeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enneigeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enneigèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enneigèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enneigerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enneigeras (future indicative second-person singular)
enneigera (future indicative singular third-person)
enneigerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enneigerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enneigeront (future indicative plural third-person)
enneigerais (conditional first-person singular)
enneigerais (conditional second-person singular)
enneigerait (conditional singular third-person)
enneigerions (conditional first-person plural)
enneigerions (conditional first-person plural)
enneigeriez (conditional plural second-person)
enneigeriez (conditional plural second-person)
enneigeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enneige (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enneiges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enneige (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enneigions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enneigions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enneigiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enneigiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enneigent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enneigeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enneigeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enneigeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enneigeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enneigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enneigeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enneigeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enneigeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enneigeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enneigeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enneigeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enneigeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enneige (imperative second-person singular)
enneigeons (first-person imperative plural)
enneigeons (first-person imperative plural)
enneigez (imperative plural second-person)
enneigez (imperative plural second-person)


enneigement

/ɑ̃.nɛʒ.mɑ̃/

From enneiger (“to cover in snow”) + -ment.


neige de culture

neige de culture f (plural neiges de culture)

a type of water ice based artificial snow produced by spraying or misting liquid water into cold sub-freezing air, without any other assistances


neige artificielle

neige artificielle f (plural neiges artificielles)

neige de culture

another type of water ice artificial snow

a type of water ice based artificial snow produced by snow cannons, where water is sprayed into the bath of a highspeed airstream produced by a highpower high-capacity fan