neve

noun (névé, névés — usually uncountable); fragment

«neve» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(science) Névé: old, grainy snow on a glacier or high mountain that has partly melted and refrozen, on its way to becoming glacier ice. tree →
It may also be a typing error for "never" or "nerve", or part of a name. tree →

In the lessons

A geography word about glaciers: fresh snow → névé (also called firn) → glacier ice. In English texts it is often written with an accent, névé, because it comes from French.

Examples

High on the mountain, the snow had turned to névé. tree →
Névé is snow that is halfway to becoming ice. tree →
The climbers crossed the hard névé early in the morning. tree →
In geography we learned how snow becomes névé and then glacier ice. tree →
Névé feels crunchy and grainy under your boots. tree →

Note

A borrowed French word, pronounced "nay-VAY". Also called "firn". If you see "neve" in a text, check whether it is a typo for "never".

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «neve» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«neve» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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