Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An instance of falling of snow.

    There has been snowfall every day this week.

    Schneefall

    снегопа́дsnegopád

    снігопа́дsnihopád

  2. (countable, uncountable)The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.

    London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.

    коли́чество вы́павшего сне́гаkolíčestvo výpavševo snéga

More definitions
  • precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

Examples

46 sentences
  1. We've never had such a heavy snowfall.

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  2. The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

    deDer Zug war wegen starken Schneefalls verspätet.

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  3. The train was delayed by a heavy snowfall.

    deDer Zug hatte wegen starken Schneefalls Verspätung.

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  4. This is the heaviest snowfall we've ever had.

    ruЭто самый сильный снегопад, какой у нас когда-либо был.

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  5. Many flights were canceled due to the heavy snowfall.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
instance of falling of snow:
Русский
By meaning 2
instance of falling of snow:
amount of snow that falls on one occasion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
instance of falling of snow:

Origin

By surface analysis, snow + fall. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwval, German Schneefall, Old Nor

By surface analysis, snow + fall. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwval, German Schneefall, Old Norse snjófall, snæfall (whence Danish snefald, Norwegian snøfall, and Swedish snöfall).

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Forms

plural: snowfalls

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals:snow

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflurry

See also

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