nieve

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːv/

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

  1. variant form of nief

Anagrams

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

  1. snow

Ladino

Noun

nieve f (Latin spelling)

  1. Alternative form of inyeve

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [niːv], [nɛv]
  • (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [nɪv]

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

  1. fist
  2. handful, fistful

Derived terms

  • nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)

Verb

nieve (third-person singular present nieves, present participle nievin, past nievit, past participle nievit)

  1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
  2. (of fish) to catch in the hand

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnjebe/, [ˈnjeβe]

Etymology 1

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Italian neve, Portuguese neve, Walloon nive.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

  1. snow
  2. (Mexico) ice cream
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

nieve

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nevar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nevar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nevar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of nevar.

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