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névé

[ ney-vey ]

noun

  1. granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
  2. a field of such snow.


névé

/ ˈnɛveɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledfirn a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
  2. a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice


névé

/ nā-vā /

  1. The upper part of a glacier, consisting of hardened snow.
  2. The granular snow typically found in such a field.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of névé1

1850–55; < Franco-Provençal < Vulgar Latin *nivātum, noun use of neuter of Latin nivātus snow-cooled, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix snow ) + -ātus -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of névé1

C19: from Swiss French névé glacier, from Late Latin nivātus snow-cooled, from nix snow

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Example Sentences

Neve, often credited as the creator of the recording console, has been making high quality large format consoles for decades.

His early boards are so sought after that a Neve preamp alone will regularly go for $3,000.

Rupert Neve Designs crafted the console that lives at Third Man Records.

I noticed that Don repeated the line "I have to get back to work" to both Megan and Neve.

He tells possible Angel of Death Neve Campbell, “I fly a lot.”

In order to cut snow, neve or ice to pile on the flounce, a pick and spade had to be included in the sledging equip meet.

Those made of mountain-ash had the advantage of being extremely light, but the runners wore out quickly on ice and hard neve.

In the evening a field of neve was reached and we felt more placid after the anxiety of the preceding hours.

We stumbled over unseen ridges of the hard neve, our gaze straining forward.

At the top of one ridge the snow merged into neve split into small crevasses, nine inches wide and four or five yards apart.

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