snowy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsnəʊi/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsnoʊi/ Rhymes: -əʊi Hyphenation: snow‧y === Adjective === snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest) Marked by snow; characterized by snow. snowy day snowy picture on the television Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed. Snow-white in color, white as snow. Synonym: niveous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === snowy (plural snowies) (informal) Synonym of snowy owl. 2008, Jan Dunlap, The Boreal Owl Murder Since then, I've seen a Snowy almost every winter. […] But I still liked to see them, big and white, gliding noiselessly, gracefully, over open fields looking for rodents. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal) Synonym of snowy egret. === Further reading === “snowy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === snawy, snawi === Etymology === From Old English snāwiġ; equivalent to snow +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔu̯iː/ (Early Middle English, Northern) IPA(key): /ˈsnɑu̯iː/ === Adjective === snowy snowy (resembling snow in temperature or colour) ==== Descendants ==== English: snowy Scots: snawy ==== References ==== “snouī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018. == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish snowy. By surface analysis, sen +‎ -owy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔ.vɘ/ Rhymes: -ɔvɘ Syllabification: sno‧wy === Adjective === snowy (not comparable, no derived adverb) (rare, relational) dream; oneiric (of or pertaining to dreams) Synonym: (archaic) senny ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “snowy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)