snowy

English

Etymology

Old English snāwiġ, corresponding to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /snəʊi/

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Adjective

snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)

1. Covered with snow.

   snowy hills

2. Resembling snow.

   a snowy beard

Synonyms

• (covered with snow): besnowed, snow-covered
• (white as snow): (as) white as snow, snow-white

Derived terms

• snowily
• snowiness
• snowy auk
• snowy egret
• snowy falcon
• snowy hare
• snowy heron
• snowyish
• snowy lemming
• Snowy Mountains
• snowy orchid
• snowy owl
• snowy pear
• snowy petrel
• snowy plover
• Snowy River
• snowy tree cricket

Translations

covered with snow

Czech: sněžný (cs), zasněžený (cs) Finnish: luminen (fi) French: neigeux (fr) Hungarian: havas (hu) Lithuanian: snieguotas (lt) Mongolian: цастай (mn) (castay)

Persian: برفی (fa) (barfi) Polish: śnieżny (pl) Slovene: snežen (sl) Spanish: nevado (es) Turkish: karlı (tr)

as white as snow

Finnish: lumivalkoinen (fi)