névé

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”), from Latin nivatus "snow-cooled" (< Latin nix, nivis (“snow”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /neɪˈveɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Noun === névé (plural névés) The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier. (glaciology) Young, granular snow on a glacier, which has been partially melted and refrozen since deposition, but has not yet turned into firn by surviving a full season of ablation. ==== Related terms ==== nivation firn ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === névé on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Névé in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === Even, eevn, even, even- == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Franco-Provençal névi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ne.ve/ === Noun === névé m (plural névés) névé ==== Descendants ==== → English: névé === Further reading === “névé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012