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Webster 1913 Edition

Neve

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Néˊvé′

,
Noun.
[F., fr. [GREEK]
nix
,
nivis
, snow.]
(Geol.)
The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See
Glacier
.

Definition 2024

neve

neve

See also: nevé, névé, and ñeve

English

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.

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

neve f ‎(plural neves)

  1. snow

Verb

neve

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

Hungarian

Etymology

név +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ve

Noun

neve

  1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of név
    Mi a neve?‎ ― What is your name? (formal)

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 —

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): [ˈneve]
  • enPR: néve, IPA(key): /ˈneve/

Noun

neve f ‎(plural nevi)

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

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Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

ne +‎ -ve

Conjunction

neve

  1. and not, or not

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

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

  1. a fist (clenched hand)

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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)

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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…

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv

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