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snowfall

snowfall

English

Alternative forms

snow-fall

Noun

snowfall ‎(countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)

An instance of falling of snow.
There has been a 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

Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

Translations

instance of falling of snow

Belarusian: снегапа́д m ‎(snjehapád)
Catalan: nevada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 降雪 (zh) ‎(jiàngxuě), 下雪 (zh) ‎(xiàxuě)
Danish: snefald n
Dutch: sneeuwval m
Finnish: lumisade (fi)
French: chute de neige f
Friulian: neveade f
German: Schneefall (de) m
Greek: χιονόπτωση (el) f ‎(chionóptosi)
Hungarian: hóesés (hu)
Italian: nevicata (it) f, fioccata
Japanese: 降雪 (ja) ‎(こうせつ, kōsetsu)
Kannada: ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ (kn) ‎(maṃjusurita), ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ (kn) ‎(himavarṣa)

Korean: 강설 (ko) ‎(gangseol) (降雪 (ko))
Norwegian:

Bokmål: snøfall (no) n

Nynorsk: snøfall n
Persian: بارش برف ‎(bâreš-e barf)
Polish: opad śniegu m
Portuguese: nevada (pt) f
Romanian: ninsoare (ro) f, cădere de zăpadă f
Russian: снегопа́д (ru) ‎(snegopád)
Shor: кӧңме ‎(köñme)
Spanish: nevada (es) f
Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு (ta) ‎(paṉippoḻivu)
Ukrainian: снігопа́д m ‎(snihopád)

amount of snow that falls on one occasion

Catalan: nevada (ca) f
Finnish: lumisademäärä
Italian: nevicata (it) f
Japanese: 降雪量 ‎(kōsetsu-ryō)

Russian: коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га n ‎(kolíčestvo výpavševo snéga)
Spanish: nevada (es) f