snowy

English

Etymology

From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ, equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /snəʊi/

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Adjective

snowy (comparative snowier, superlative snowiest)

1. Marked by snow, characterized by snow.

   snowy day

2. Covered with snow, snow-covered, besnowed.

   snowy hillside

   • 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:

     So we continue climbing to the saddle of the Kleine Scheidegg, where ahead there comes into view the wide expanse of the Grindelwald valley, backed by the snowy crown of the Wetterhorn.

3. Snow-white in color, white as snow.

   Synonym: niveous

   • 1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches‎^[1], London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4:

     A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.

Derived terms

• snowily
• snowiness
• snowy auk
• snowy egret
• snowy falcon
• snowy hare
• snowy heron
• snowyish
• snowy lemming
• snowy mespilus
• Snowy Mountains
• Snowy Mountains
• snowy orchid
• snowy owl
• snowy pear
• snowy petrel
• snowy plover
• Snowy River
• snowy sheathbill
• snowy tree cricket
• Snowy Valleys

 

Translations

marked by snow

• Arabic: ثَلْجِيّ (ṯaljiyy)
• Belarusian: сне́жны (snjéžny), сьне́жны (sʹnjéžny) (Taraškievica), снегавы́ (snjehavý), сьнегавы́ (sʹnjehavý) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: сне́жен (bg) (snéžen)
• Czech: sněžný (cs)
• Finnish: luminen (fi); lumisateinen (of snowfall)
• French: neigeux (fr)
• Galician: nevarento (gl)
• German: Schnee- (de)
• Greek: χιονισμένος (el) m (chionisménos)
• Icelandic: snjóugur, snjóþungur
• Irish: sneachtúil, sneachtach
• Latin: nivōsus, niveus (la)
• Macedonian: снежен (snežen)
• Persian: برفی (fa) (barfi)
• Polish: śnieżny (pl)
• Russian: сне́жный (ru) (snéžnyj), снегово́й (ru) (snegovój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сне̏жан, сње̏жан

  Roman: snȅžan (sh), snjȅžan (sh)

• Slovak: snežný (sk)
• Slovene: snežen
• Swedish: snöig (sv)
• Ukrainian: сні́жний (snížnyj), снігови́й (snihovýj)

snow-covered — see snow-covered

white as snow — see white as snow

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Translations to be checked

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} цасан (casan)

Noun

snowy (plural snowies)

1. (informal) Synonym of snowy owl
   • 2010, Elaine Landau, Snowy Owls: Hunters of the Snow and Ice:

     Adult male snowies are nearly white. They become whiter as they get older. Female birds are usually white with narrow black or brown bars and spots. Young snowies are darker than the adults, and they have heavier markings.

Further reading

• “snowy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• snawy, snawi

Etymology

From Old English snāwiġ; equivalent to snow +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔu̯iː/
• (early, Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɑu̯iː/

Adjective

snowy

1. snowy (resembling snow in temperature or colour)

Descendants

• English: snowy
• Scots: snawy

References

• “snouī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish snowy. By surface analysis, sen +‎ -owy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔ.vɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɔvɨ
• Syllabification: sno‧wy

Adjective

snowy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (rare, relational) dream; oneiric (of or pertaining to dreams)

   Synonym: (archaic) senny

Declension

Declension of snowy (hard)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	snowy		snowa	snowe	snowi	snowe
genitive	snowego		snowej	snowego	snowych
dative	snowemu		snowej	snowemu	snowym
accusative	snowego	snowy	snową	snowe	snowych	snowe
instrumental	snowym		snową	snowym	snowymi
locative	snowym		snowej	snowym	snowych

Further reading

• snowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN