snowfall

English

Alternative forms

• snow-fall

Etymology

snow +‎ fall

Noun

snowfall (countable and uncountable; plural snowfalls)

1. An instance of falling of snow.

   There has been a snowfall every day this week.

2. The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.

   London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.

Derived terms

• Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

Translations

instance of falling of snow

• Belarusian: снегапад (be) (snjehapád) m
• Catalan: nevada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 降雪 (cmn) (jiàngxuě), 下雪 (cmn) (xiàxuě)

• Danish: snefald (da) n
• Dutch: sneeuwval (nl) m
• Finnish: lumisade (fi)
• French: chute de neiges (fr) f
• German: Schneefall (de) m
• Hungarian: hóesés (hu)
• Italian: nevicata (it) f, fioccata (it)
• Japanese: 降雪 (ja) (こうせつ, kōsetsu)

• Kannada: ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ (kn) (mañjusurita), ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ (kn) (himavarṣa)
• Korean: 강설 (ko) (gangseol) (降雪 (ko))
• Norwegian: snøfall (no)
• Polish: opad śniegu (pl) m
• Portuguese: nevada (pt) f
• Romanian: ninsoare (ro) f
• Russian: снегопад (ru) (snegopád)
• Spanish: nevada (es) f
• Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
• Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு (ta)
• Ukrainian: снігопад (uk) (snihopád) m

amount of snow that falls on one occasion

• Catalan: nevada (ca) f
• Italian: nevicata (it) f
• Japanese: 降雪量 (ja) (kōsetsu-ryō)

• Russian: количество выпавшего снега (ru) (kolíčestvo výpavševo snéga) n
• Spanish: nevada (es) f