nieve

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. variant form of nief

Anagrams

• envie

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñeve

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow

Related terms

• nevar

Ladino

Noun

nieve f (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of inyeve

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [niːv], [nɛv]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [nɪv]

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. fist
2. handful, fistful

Derived terms

Derived terms

• nievefu (“handful, fistful”)
• nievie-nievie knick-knack (“a guessing game where an object is hidden in the clenched fist”)
• rowe the nieve (“clench the fist”)
• steekit nieves (“clenched fists”)

Related terms

• nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)

Verb

nieve (third-person singular simple present nieves, present participle nievin, simple past nievit, past participle nievit)

1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
2. to catch in the hand (of fish)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjebe/ [ˈnje.β̞e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: nie‧ve

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish nieve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow
2. (Mexico) ice cream

   Synonyms: helado, (El Salvador) sorbete

Derived terms

• a punto de nieve
• abominable hombre de las nieves
• aguanieve
• año de nieves, año de bienes
• Blanca Nieves
• bola de nieve
• cadena de nieve
• cañón de nieve
• copo de nieve
• leopardo de las nieves
• moto de nieve
• motonieve
• muñeco de nieve
• pajarita de las nieves
• quitanieves

 

Related terms

• nevada
• nevado
• nevar
• nevasca
• nevera
• nevería
• nevisca
• neviscar
• nevoso
• nival
• níveo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nieve

1. inflection of nevar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nieve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10