Snow — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/snˈoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/snˈəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/snˈəʊ/

1 syllable Say it as /snˈoʊ/.

Examples

It was snowing all night
He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Baron Snow of Leicester pull the wool over someone's eyes coke C. P. Snow C bamboozle Charles Percy Snow nose candy snowfall lead by the nose blow play false hoodwink

Parts of Speech

noun	precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
noun	a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
noun	English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
noun	street names for cocaine
verb	fall as snow “It was snowing all night”
verb	conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”

Word Forms

snow	verb	fall as snow
snowy	adjective	marked by the presence of snow
snow	noun	a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schnee

Niederschlag, der in Form von Eiskristallen aus Wolken fällt

🇫🇷French

neige

précipitations tombant des nuages sous forme de cristaux de glace

🇪🇸Spanish

nieve

precipitación que cae de las nubes en forma de cristales de hielo

🇮🇹Italian

nevicare

precipitazioni che cadono dalle nuvole sotto forma di cristalli di ghiaccio

🇳🇱Dutch

sneeuw

neerslag die uit wolken valt in de vorm van ijskristallen

🇵🇹Portuguese

neve

precipitação caindo das nuvens na forma de cristais de gelo

🇷🇺Russian

снег

осадки, выпадающие из облаков в виде кристаллов льда

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बर्फ

बर्फ के क्रिस्टल के रूप में बादलों से गिरने वाली वर्षा

🇧🇩Bengali

তুষার

বরফের স্ফটিক আকারে মেঘ থেকে বৃষ্টিপাত

🇮🇳Tamil

பனி

பனி படிகங்கள் வடிவில் மேகங்களில் இருந்து விழும் மழை

🇮🇳Telugu

మంచు

మంచు స్ఫటికాల రూపంలో మేఘాల నుండి పడే అవపాతం

🇮🇳Marathi

बर्फ

बर्फाच्या स्फटिकांच्या रूपात ढगांमधून पडणारा पाऊस

🇮🇳Gujarati

બરફ

બરફના સ્ફટિકોના રૂપમાં વાદળોમાંથી પડતો વરસાદ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಮ

ಮಂಜುಗಡ್ಡೆಯ ಹರಳುಗಳ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋಡಗಳಿಂದ ಬೀಳುವ ಮಳೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മഞ്ഞ്

മഞ്ഞ് പരലുകളുടെ രൂപത്തിൽ മേഘങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വീഴുന്ന മഴ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਰਫ਼

ਬਰਫ਼ ਦੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਟਲ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੱਦਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਡਿੱਗਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

برف

برف کے کرسٹل کی شکل میں بادلوں سے گرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

雪

以冰晶形式从云中落下的降水

🇯🇵Japanese

雪

氷の結晶の形で雲から降る降水量

🇰🇷Korean

눈

구름에서 얼음 결정 형태로 떨어지는 강수량

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tuyết

lượng mưa rơi từ các đám mây dưới dạng tinh thể băng

🇹🇭Thai

หิมะ

ปริมาณน้ำฝนที่ตกลงมาจากเมฆในรูปของผลึกน้ำแข็ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

salju

curah hujan yang jatuh dari awan dalam bentuk kristal es

🇵🇭Filipino

niyebe

pag-ulan na bumabagsak mula sa mga ulap sa anyo ng mga kristal na yelo

🇲🇾Malay

salji

kerpasan yang jatuh dari awan dalam bentuk hablur ais

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثلج

هطول الأمطار من السحب على شكل بلورات ثلجية

🇮🇷Persian

برف

بارش از ابرها به شکل کریستال های یخ می ریزد

🇹🇷Turkish

kar

bulutlardan buz kristalleri şeklinde düşen yağış

🇮🇱Hebrew

שֶׁלֶג

משקעים יורדים מעננים בצורה של גבישי קרח

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