nieve
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
nieve (plural nieves)
- variant form of nief
Anagrams
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.
Noun
nieve f (plural nieves)
Related terms
Ladino
Noun
nieve f (Latin spelling)
- Alternative form of inyeve
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
nieve (plural nieves)
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)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish nieve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.
Noun
nieve f (plural nieves)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nieve
- inflection of nevar:
Further reading
- “nieve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014