snow

== English == === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English snaw, snou, snow (“snow; accumulation of snow; snowfall; snowstorm; whiteness”), from Old English snāw (“snow”), from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw (“snow”), from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos (“snow”), from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). The verb is derived from Middle English snouen (“to snow; (figurative) to shower”), from snou, snow (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). Displaced Old English snīwan, whence English snew (obsolete). Verb verb sense 2.3.2 (“to convince or hoodwink (someone)”) probably refers to a person being blinded or confused by a snowstorm. The adjective comes from the phrase a snowball's chance in hell, also see snowball clause at Wikipedia. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snəʊ̯/ (General American) enPR: snō, IPA(key): /snoʊ̯/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /sno/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /snou̯/ Rhymes: -əʊ ==== Noun ==== snow (countable and uncountable, plural snows) (uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. (countable) An instance of the falling of snow (etymology 1 sense 1); a snowfall; also, a snowstorm. (countable) A period of time when snow falls; a winter. (countable) An accumulation or spread of snow. Something resembling snow (etymology 1 sense 1) in appearance or color. (countable, cooking) A dish or component of a dish resembling snow, especially one made by whipping egg whites until creamy. apple snow    lemon snow (uncountable) The white color of snow. (figurative) Clusters of white flowers. (figurative) The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference. Synonym: shash Near-synonym: static (figurative) Sea foam; sea spray. (figurative) Also in the plural: white hair on an (older) person's head. (figurative, poetic) White marble. (figurative, slang) Money, especially silver coins. (figurative, slang, dated) White linen which has been washed. (chemistry) Chiefly with a descriptive word: a substance other than water resembling snow when frozen; specifically, frozen carbon dioxide. (marine biology) Clipping of marine snow (“sinking organic detritus in the ocean”). (uncountable, slang) Powder cocaine. Synonyms: blow, nose candy; see also Thesaurus:cocaine Coordinate terms: rock cocaine, crack rock (slang, less frequently) An opiate powder, whether heroin or morphine. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== snow (third-person singular simple present snows, present participle snowing, simple past snowed or (dialectal) snew, past participle snowed or (dialectal) snew or (dialectal) snown) (intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere. (also figurative) Of a thing: to fall like snow. (transitive) To cause (something) to fall like snow. To cover or scatter (a place or thing) with, or as if with, snow. (figurative) To cause (hair) to turn white; also, to cause (someone) to have white hair. (originally US, slang) To convince or hoodwink (someone), especially by presenting confusing information or through flattery. (poker) To bluff (an opponent) in draw poker by playing a hand which has no value, or by refusing to draw any cards. (US, slang, chiefly passive voice) To cause (someone) to be under the effect of a drug; to dope, to drug. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === snow (not comparable) (Wikimedia jargon, of an outcome of a process a page undergoes) Done because the alternate outcome is very unlikely to pass. === Etymology 2 === {{ety|en|id= Borrowed from Dutch snauw, snaauw, or Low German snau; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Low German snau (“beak”), related to Middle Low German snute (“snout”) (whence English snout), from Proto-West Germanic *snūt (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz (“snout”), possibly imitative. ==== Noun ==== snow (plural snows) (nautical, historical) A square-rigged sailing vessel similar to a brig formerly used as a warship, with a foremast, a mainmast, and a trysail mast immediately abaft (behind) the mainmast. Coordinate term: brig ===== Alternative forms ===== snaw ===== Translations ===== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === snow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia snow (ship) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia snow (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “snow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === nows, owns, sow'n, sown, wons == Middle English == === Alternative forms === snaw, snowe, snawe, snowȝ, snoȝ, snogh, snou === Etymology === From Old English snāw, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz. === Pronunciation === (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA(key): /snɑu̯/ IPA(key): /snɔu̯/ === Noun === snow (plural snowes) snow (frozen water as precipitation, either while falling or once landed) snow-white (a snowy white) The temperature where snow appears. A blanket of snow; a snowing. ==== Derived terms ==== snewen snow whit snowen snowisshe snowy ==== Descendants ==== English: snow English: (West Yorkshire) snaw Scots: snaw Yola: sneew, sneow, snowe, snow ==== References ==== “snou, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018. == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English snow, from English snowboarding. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈno/ [ezˈno] Rhymes: -o IPA(key): /esˈnou/ [ezˈnou̯] Rhymes: -ou Syllabification: snow === Noun === snow m (uncountable) snowboarding ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “snow”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA == Yola == === Noun === snow alternative form of sneew === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96