névé

[ ney-vey ]

noun

1. granular snow accumulated on high mountains and subsequently compacted into glacial ice.
2. a field of such snow.

névé

/ ˈnɛveɪ /

noun

1. Also calledfirn a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
2. a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed into ice

névé

/ nā-vā′ /

1. The upper part of a glacier, consisting of hardened snow.
2. The granular snow typically found in such a field.

Word History and Origins

Origin of névé¹

1850–55; < Franco-Provençal < Vulgar Latin *nivātum, noun use of neuter of Latin nivātus snow-cooled, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix snow ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of névé¹

C19: from Swiss French névé glacier, from Late Latin nivātus snow-cooled, from nix snow

Example Sentences

“A year ago, after massive blast at #AlAhli Hospital, just questioning if Israeli forces might be responsible was to invite vilification. Today? So many hospitals, clinics, health professionals and patients have been targeted/killed in Gaza and Lebanon, it is impossible to keep track,” Alex Neve, international human rights lawyer and former Amnesty International Canada Secretary General, wrote last week during the sieges of the last three functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north.

From Salon

This study is part of an ongoing project to do that work and was co-authored with Jan-Walter De Neve of the University of Heidelberg, Omar Karlsson of Lund University in Sweden, Rajesh Kumar Rai of Harvard University and Sebastian Vollmer of the University of Göttingen.

From Science Daily

One sale was to a van full of recording students in their late teens who drove out from Phoenix to pick up a classic Neve console.

From Los Angeles Times

She takes the court in the morning then makes the trek up De Neve Drive to Easton Stadium in the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times

Their second line-out is their second turned over, this time the throw from Neve Jones is not straight.

From BBC