neve

See also: Neve, nevé, névé, and ñeve

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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 neve (“nephew”), German Neffe (“nephew”), Icelandic nefi (“kinsman”). Compare nift. See also nephew.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /niːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• nift
• nevvy, neffy

AnagramsEdit

• Even, eevn, even, even-

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”).

NounEdit

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow

VerbEdit

neve

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

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

név +‎ -e

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

NounEdit

neve

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

   Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal)

DeclensionEdit

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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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/, [ˈn̺eːve]

• Audio

  (file)

• Stress: néve
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

NounEdit

neve f (plural nevi)

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

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from neve

• acquaneve
• bucaneve
• effetto neve

• fiocco di neve
• gatto delle nevi
• nevaio

• neviera
• nevischio

Related termsEdit

Terms related to neve

• innevato
• nevicare
• nevicata

• nevosità
• nevoso

• nivale
• niveo

See alsoEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• vene

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

nē +‎ -ve

PronunciationEdit

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

ConjunctionEdit

nēve

1. and not, or not

ReferencesEdit

• 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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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

nēve m

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

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: neef
• Limburgish: naef

Further readingEdit

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hnefi.

NounEdit

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

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived termsEdit

• nevekamp

ReferencesEdit

• “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse hnefi.

NounEdit

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

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived termsEdit

• nevekamp

ReferencesEdit

• “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

neve

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• nevada
• nevado

• nevão
• nevar

• nevasca

See alsoEdit

• floco de neve

• folheca