Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *nivicāre, a verb based on Latin nivem (snow, noun). By surface analysis, neve +‎ -icare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ne.viˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ne‧vi‧cà‧re
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Verb

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nevicàre (third-person only, third-person singular present névica, third-person singular past historic nevicò, past participle nevicàto, auxiliary (all uses) èssere or (also impersonal) avére)

  1. (impersonal) to snow [auxiliary essere or avere]
  2. (intransitive, poetic) to snow down, to fall like snow [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • nevicare in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • nevicare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • nevicare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • nevicare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • nevicare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • nevicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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