Kilo Lingo

la

feminine

/nɛʒ/

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Translation

snow

Word origin

Deverbal of neiger ('to snow'), from Vulgar Latin nivicare, from Latin nix ('snow'), genitive nivis.

Origin
Latin
Root
nix
English cognates
niveous

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralneiges

Examples

.

The snow is falling softly on the garden.

l'-midi.

The children are playing in the snow all afternoon.

.

There is a lot of snow this year.

couvert .

The snow has covered all the cars in the street.

' neiger .

It looks like it will snow tomorrow morning.

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This word is part of lesson 33.