neve

See also: Neve, nevé, névé, and ñeve

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English

Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepoter-, *népōts, *nepo- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with West Frisian neef (“cousin, nephew”), Dutch neef (“cousin, nephew”), Low German Neev (“nephew”), German Neffe (“nephew”), Icelandic nefi (“kinsman”). Compare nift. See also nephew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. (rare or obsolete) Nephew.
   • 1920, Wilhelm Robert Richard Pinger, Laurence Sterne and Goethe:

     Iwein considers it his right and duty to avenge his neve, and is much exercised when Artûs proposes to go to the well with his full strength, for he apprehends that the king will give the distinction of the combat to his sister's son Gâwein.

2. (rare or obsolete) A male cousin.
   • 1988, Michael Tepper, New World immigrants:

     Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop.

3. (rare or obsolete) A grandson.
4. (rare) A spendthrift.

Related terms

• nift
• nevvy, neffy

Anagrams

• Even, eevn, even, even-

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Aiwoo

Noun

neve

1. bone (of mammals, birds)

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Galician

Neve, Pradorramisquedo, Ourense

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese neve (“snow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnɛβɪ]

Noun

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow

Derived terms

• As Neves
• bola de neve
• casa da neve
• neveira

Related terms

• nevada
• nevar
• nevarada
• nevarisca
• Niveiro

Verb

neve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

References

• “neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “neue” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “neve” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “neve” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese neve. Cognates with Kabuverdianu neva.

Noun

neve

1. snow

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Hungarian

Etymology

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of név

   Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal) / What is his/her/its name?

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	neve	—
accusative	nevét	—
dative	nevének	—
instrumental	nevével	—
causal-final	nevéért	—
translative	nevévé	—
terminative	nevéig	—
essive-formal	neveként	—
essive-modal	nevéül	—
inessive	nevében	—
superessive	nevén	—
adessive	nevénél	—
illative	nevébe	—
sublative	nevére	—
allative	nevéhez	—
elative	nevéből	—
delative	nevéről	—
ablative	nevétől	—

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin nivem, accusative of nix, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/, [ˈn̺eːve]

• Audio

  (file)

• Stress: néve
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve f (plural nevi)

1. (weather) snow
2. (slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)

Derived terms

• acquaneve
• bucaneve
• effetto neve
• fiocco di neve
• gatto delle nevi
• nevaio
• neviera
• nevischio

 

Related terms

• innevato
• nevicare
• nevicata
• nevosità
• nevoso
• nivale
• niveo

 

See also

• coltre
• ghiaccio
• imbiancare
• manto
• sci
• slavina
• snowboard
• valanga

Anagrams

• vene

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Latin

Alternative forms

• neu

Etymology

From nē +‎ -ve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.we/, [ˈneː.wɛ]

Conjunction

nēve

1. and not, or not

References

• neve in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• neve in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neve in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French neveu

Noun

neve

1. nephew

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *nefo, nevo, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

Noun

nēve m

1. male relative
   1. male cousin
   2. nephew
   3. grandson

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: neef
• Limburgish: naef

Further reading

• “neve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “neve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English nefa, nefe, from Proto-Germanic *nefô; compare Middle Dutch neve, Middle Low German neve, and Old Norse nefi.

Alternative forms

• neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. A nephew (offspring of one's sibling)
2. One's offspring or descendants.
3. (rare) A neve or profligate; a overspender.

Descendants

• English: neve (obsolete)

References

• “nēve (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

Alternative forms

• nefe, neffe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

Descendants

• English: nieve, nief, nief (dialectal)
• Scots: nieve, neive

References

• “nēve (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural never, definite plural nevene)

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• knyttneve
• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural nevar, definite plural nevane)

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

neve

Etymology

From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). Cognate with Galician neve, Spanish nieve, Catalan neu, Occitan nèu, Italian neve and Romanian nea.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow
   • 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:

     Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…

     When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

Related terms

• nevada
• nevado

• nevão
• nevar

• nevasca

See also

• floco de neve

• folheca

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French neveu

Noun

neve

1. nephew

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français