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éé

[ ney-vey ]

noun

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


éé

/ ˈɛɪ /

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
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éé

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

Origin of éé1

1850–55; < Գ-ʰDZç < Vulgar Latin *Ծٳܳ, noun use of neuter of Latin Ծٳܲ snow-cooled, equivalent to niv- (stem of nix snow ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of éé1

C19: from Swiss French éé glacier, from Late Latin Ծٳܲ snow-cooled, from nix snow
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