snowdrift

See also: snow drift

English

Etymology

snow +‎ drift

Noun

snowdrift (plural snowdrifts)

A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.

Derived terms

snowdrift glacier
snowdrift ice

Translations

bank of snow

Bashkir: көрт (kört)
Czech: sněhová závěj f
Danish: snefane, snedrive
Dutch: sneeuwbank f, sneeuwduin f, sneeuwdrift f
Erzya: шушмо (šušmo)
Esperanto: neĝamaso
Faroese: kavafonn f
Finnish: lumikinos (fi), luminietos (fi)
French: congère (fr) f
Georgian: თოვლის ნამქერი (tovlis namkeri)
German: Schneewehe (de) f, Schneeverwehung f
Greek: χιονοστιβάδα (el) f (chionostiváda)
Greenlandic: apusineq, aputip qingartagaa
Hawaiian: ʻapukāka
Hungarian: hófúvás (hu)

Ido: niv-amaso (io)
Irish: ráth sneachta m
Italian: cumulo di neve m
Kazakh: күртік (kürtik), омбы (ombı)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snøfonn m, f, snødrive m, f

Nynorsk: snøfonn f, snødrive f
Polish: zaspa (pl) f, zaspa śnieżna f
Portuguese: acúmulo de neve m
Romanian: troian (ro) n, nămete (ro) m
Russian: сугро́б (ru) m (sugrób)
Swedish: snödriva (sv) c, snövall (sv) c
Tofa: һөртүк
Walloon: consire (wa) f, sconsire (wa) f, banc d' nive (wa) m

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