nieve
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nieve (plural nieves)
- variant form of nief
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Asturian edit
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Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.
Noun edit
nieve f (plural nieves)
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Ladino edit
Noun edit
nieve f (Latin spelling)
- Alternative form of inyeve
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nieve (plural nieves)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- nievefu (“handful, fistful”)
- nievie-nievie knick-knack (“a guessing game where an object is hidden in the clenched fist”)
- rowe the nieve (“clench the fist”)
- steekit nieves (“clenched fists”)
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- nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)
Verb edit
nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish nieve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.
Noun edit
nieve f (plural nieves)
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
nieve
- inflection of nevar:
Further reading edit
- “nieve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014