snowfall
An instance of falling of snowAn instance of falling of snow.
» We've never had such a heavy snowfall.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An instance of falling of snow.
There has been snowfall every day this week.
Schneefall
снегопа́дsnegopád
снігопа́дsnihopád
(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
- precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Examples
46 sentencesWe've never had such a heavy snowfall.
The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
deDer Zug war wegen starken Schneefalls verspätet.
The train was delayed by a heavy snowfall.
deDer Zug hatte wegen starken Schneefalls Verspätung.
This is the heaviest snowfall we've ever had.
ruЭто самый сильный снегопад, какой у нас когда-либо был.
Many flights were canceled due to the heavy snowfall.
Translations
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Origin
By surface analysis, snow + fall. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwval, German Schneefall, Old NorBy 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: snowfallsSynonyms
1 synonyms- precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals:snow
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable