🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

enneigé

Pronunciation / Transliteration: an-ei-zhay

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Snowy/ˈsnoʊ.i/
adjectiveCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le paysage était magnifique avec des montagnes enneigées au loin."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Covered with or characterized by snow.

    "The landscape was beautiful, with snowy mountains in the distance."
  2. 2

    Having the color of snow; white.

    "She wore a snowy white dress that glimmered in the sunlight."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'snowy' originates from the Old English 'snāw', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*snaiwaz'. The term evolved through Middle English as 'snewy', reflecting the characteristic of being covered in or resembling snow.

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