snowfall

English

Alternative forms

• snow-fall

Etymology

snow +‎ fall

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnoʊfɔːl/, enPR: snōʹfôl

Noun

snowfall (countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)

1. An instance of falling of snow.

   There has been 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

• Aragonese: nebata (an)
• Asturian: nevada f
• Azerbaijani: qar yağma, qar düşmə
• Belarusian: снегапа́д m (snjehapád)
• Bulgarian: снеговалеж m (snegovalež)
• Catalan: nevada (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: sněžení (cs) n
• Danish: snefald n
• Dutch: sneeuwval (nl) m
• Estonian: lumesadu (et)
• Finnish: lumisade (fi)
• French: chute de neige f
• Friulian: neveade f
• Galician: nevada (gl) f
• Georgian: თოვა (tova)
• German: Schneefall (de) m
• Greek: χιονόπτωση (el) f (chionóptosi)
• Hungarian: hóesés (hu)
• Italian: nevicata (it) f, fioccata
• Japanese: 降雪 (ja) (こうせつ, kōsetsu)
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• Kannada: ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ (kn) (mañjusurita), ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ (kn) (himavarṣa)
• Korean: 강설(降雪) (ko) (gangseol)
• Ligurian: nevàdda f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snøfall (no) n

  Nynorsk: snøfall n

• Persian: بارش برف (bâreš-e barf)
• Polish: opad śniegu m
• Portuguese: nevada (pt) f
• Romanian: ninsoare (ro) f, cădere de zăpadă f
• Russian: снегопа́д (ru) (snegopád)
• Shor: кӧңме (köñme)
• Spanish: nevada (es) f
• Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
• Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு (ta) (paṉippoḻivu)
• Turkish: kar yağışı
• Ukrainian: снігопа́д m (snihopád)
• Yakut: хаар түһүүтэ (qaar tühüüte)

amount of snow that falls on one occasion

• Catalan: nevada (ca) f
• Finnish: lumisademäärä
• Galician: nevada (gl) f
• Georgian: თოვლიანობა (tovlianoba)
• Italian: nevicata (it) f
• Japanese: 降雪量 (kōsetsu-ryō)
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• Russian: коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га n (kolíčestvo výpavševo snéga)
• Spanish: nevada (es) f
• Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
• Turkish: kar yağışı miktarı