névé
[ ney-vey ]
/ neɪˈveɪ /
noun
granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
a field of such snow.
Also called
firn,
old snow.
Words nearby névé
néel,
néel point,
nélaton catheter,
nélaton's line,
néthou,
névé,
nîmes,
nü-kua,
nürnberg,
nüsslein-volhard,
nō
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British Dictionary definitions for neve
névé
/ (ˈnɛveɪ) /
noun
Also called: firn
a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice
Word Origin for névé
C19: from Swiss French
névé glacier, from Late Latin
nivātus snow-cooled, from
nix snow
Scientific definitions for neve
névé
[ nā-vā′ ]
The upper part of a glacier, consisting of hardened snow.
The granular snow typically found in such a field.