névé
The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacierThe firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier.
Meaning
2 sensesThe firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier.
фирнfirn
Young, granular snow on a glacier, which has been partially melted and refrozen since deposition, but has not yet turned into firn by surviving a full season of ablation.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”)Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”), from Latin nivatus "snow-cooled" (< Latin nix, nivis (“snow”)).
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