snowy

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English

Etymology

From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ, equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /snəʊi/
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Adjective

snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)

  1. Marked by snow, characterized by snow.
    snowy day
  2. Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.
    snowy hillside
    • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
      So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.
  3. Snow-white in color, white as snow.
    Synonym: niveous
    • 1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches‎, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4:
      A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.

Derived terms

Translations

snow-covered — see snow-covered
white as snow — see white as snow
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Noun

snowy (plural snowies)

  1. (informal) Synonym of snowy owl
    • 2010, Elaine Landau, Snowy Owls: Hunters of the Snow and Ice:
      Adult male snowies are nearly white. They become whiter as they get older. Female birds are usually white with narrow black or brown bars and spots. Young snowies are darker than the adults, and they have heavier markings.

Further reading

  • “snowy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English snāwiġ; equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔu̯iː/
  • (early, Northern) IPA(key): /ˈsnɑu̯iː/

Adjective

snowy

  1. snowy (resembling snow in temperature or colour)

Descendants

  • English: snowy
  • Scots: snawy

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish snowy. By surface analysis, sen +‎ -owy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔ.vɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɨ
  • Syllabification: sno‧wy

Adjective

snowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (rare, relational) dream; oneiric (of or pertaining to dreams)
    Synonym: (archaic) senny

Declension

Declension of snowy (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative snowy snowa snowe snowi snowe
genitive snowego snowej snowego snowych
dative snowemu snowej snowemu snowym
accusative snowego snowy snową snowe snowych snowe
instrumental snowym snową snowym snowymi
locative snowym snowej snowym snowych

Further reading

  • snowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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