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[edit] English
A snowflake (crystal of frozen water)
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[edit] Etymology
snow + flake[1]
[edit] Pronunciation
snowflake (plural snowflakes)
- A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.[1]
- Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.[1]
- The snow bunting.[1]
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crystal
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- Japanese: 雪花 ja(ja) (せっか, sekka)
- Korean: 눈송이 ko(ko) (nunsong-i)
- Latvian: sniegpārsla lv(lv) f.
- Lithuanian: sniegulė̃ lt(lt) f.
- Mongolian: цасан ширхэг mn(mn) (casan širheg)
- Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: برف دانه fa(fa)
- Polish: płatek śniegu m.
- Portuguese: floco de neve m.
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Romansch: (Grischun, Vallader) floc da naiv rm(rm) m., (Grischun) flocca da naiv rm(rm) f., (Sursilvan) scrotta da neiv rm(rm) f., (Sutsilvan) floc da nev rm(rm) m., (Sutsilvan) scrota da nev rm(rm) f., (Surmiran) mina da naiv rm(rm) f., (Surmiran) gnoua da naiv rm(rm) f., (Puter) flöch da naiv rm(rm) m., (Puter) pandschè rm(rm)
- Russian: снежинка ru(ru) (snežínka) f.
- Serbian: snegulja, sneguljica
- Slovene: snežínka sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: copo de nieve es(es) m., ampo es(es) m.
- Swedish: snöflinga c.
- Turkish: kar tanesi tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: сніжинка uk(uk) (snižýnka) f.
- Welsh: pluen eira cy(cy) f.
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[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “snowflake” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
