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)
- Marked by snow, characterized by snow.
- snowy day
- 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.
- Snow-white in color, white as snow.
- Synonym: niveous
- 1873, Ramsay, Grace, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, 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 Mountains
- snowy orchid
- snowy owl
- snowy pear
- snowy petrel
- snowy plover
- Snowy River
- snowy tree cricket
Translations
marked by snow
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snow-covered — see snow-covered
white as snow — see white as snow
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Noun
snowy (plural snowies)
- (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.
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Further reading
- snowy at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Alternative forms
- snawy, snawi
Etymology
From Old English snāwiġ; equivalent to snow + -y.
Pronunciation
- (Early ME, Northen NE) IPA(key): /ˈsnɑu̯iː/
- IPA(key): /ˈsnɔu̯iː/
Adjective
snowy
- 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
From sen + -owy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnɔ.vɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɔvɨ
- Syllabification: sno‧wy
Adjective
snowy (not comparable)
- (rare, relational) dream; oneiric (of or pertaining to dreams)
Declension
Declension of snowy
case | singular | plural | |||||
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masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
nominative, vocative | snowy | snowe | snowa | snowi | snowe | ||
genitive | snowego | snowej | snowych | ||||
dative | snowemu | snowym | |||||
accusative | snowego | snowy | snowe | snową | snowych | snowe | |
instrumental | snowym | snowymi | |||||
locative | snowej | snowych |
Further reading
- snowy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- snowy in Polish dictionaries at PWN