Alternative forms
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Etymology
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snow + fall
Pronunciation
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snowfall (countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)
- An instance of falling of snow.
There has been snowfall every day this week.
- The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.
Derived terms
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Translations
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instance of falling of snow
- Arabic: تَسَاقُط ثُلُوج m (tasāquṭ ṯulūj)
- Aragonese: nebata (an)
- Asturian: nevada f
- Azerbaijani: qar yağma, qar düşmə
- Belarusian: снегапа́д m (snjehapád), сьнегапа́д m (sʹnjehapád) (Taraškievica)
- Bulgarian: снеговале́ж m (snegovaléž)
- Catalan: nevada (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 降雪 (zh) (jiàngxuě), 下雪 (zh) (xiàxuě)
- Czech: sněžení (cs) n
- Danish: snefald n
- Dutch: sneeuwval (nl) m
- Estonian: lumesadu (et)
- Finnish: lumisade (fi)
- French: chute de neige f
- Friulian: neveade f
- Galician: nevada (gl) f
- Georgian: თოვა (tova)
- German: Schneefall (de) m
- Greek: χιονόπτωση (el) f (chionóptosi)
- Hungarian: hóesés (hu)
- Icelandic: snjókoma (is) f
- Italian: nevicata (it) f, fioccata
- Japanese: 降雪 (ja) (こうせつ, kōsetsu)
- Kannada: ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ (kn) (mañjusurita), ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ (kn) (himavarṣa)
- Korean: 강설(降雪) (ko) (gangseol)
- Ligurian: nevàdda f
- Macedonian: сне́гопад m (snégopad), снего́врнеж m (snegóvrnež)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: snøfall (no) n
- Nynorsk: snøfall n
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: بارِشِ بَرْف (bâreš-e barf)
- Polish: opad śniegu m
- Portuguese: nevada (pt) f
- Romanian: ninsoare (ro) f, cădere de zăpadă f
- Russian: снегопа́д (ru) (snegopád)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сне́же̄ње n, сније́же̄ње n
- Roman: snéžēnje n, snijéžēnje n
- Shor: кӧңме (köñme)
- Slovak: sneženie n
- Slovene: sneženje n
- Spanish: nevada (es) f
- Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
- Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு (ta) (paṉippoḻivu)
- Turkish: kar yağışı
- Ukrainian: снігопа́д m (snihopád)
- Yakut: хаар түһүүтэ (qaar tühüüte)
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amount of snow that falls on one occasion
