English

A snowflake (crystal of frozen water)

A snowflake (flower)

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• snow-flake^[1]

Noun

snowflake ‎(plural snowflakes)

1. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.^[1]
2. Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.^[1]
3. The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.^[1]
4. (slang, usually sarcastic) A person who is unique and special (referring to the idea that no two snowflakes are identical in structure).

   Well, aren't you a special snowflake?

5. (slang, usually derogative) A Caucasian person.

Derived terms

See also

• ❄
• snowfleck

Translations

Verb

snowflake ‎(third-person singular simple present snowflakes, present participle snowflaking, simple past and past participle snowflaked)

1. (computing, databases) To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 “snowflake” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]