nieve

• IPA^(key): /niːv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːv

nieve (plural nieves)

1. variant form of nief

• envie

• ñeve

From Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjebe/ [ˈnje.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: nie‧ve

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow

• nevar

nieve f

1. alternative form of inyeve

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

• IPA^(key): [ni(ː)v], [nɛv]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [nɪv]

nieve (plural nieves)

1. fist
2. handful, fistful

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

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)

• ñeve

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjebe/ [ˈnje.β̞e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: nie‧ve

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

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow
2. (Mexico) ice cream

   Synonyms: helado, (El Salvador) sorbete

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nieve

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

• “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], 10 December 2024