neve

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepoter-, *népōts, *nepo- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Cognate with West Frisian neef (“cousin, nephew”), Dutch neef (“cousin, nephew”), Low German Neev (“nephew”), German Neffe (“nephew”), Icelandic nefi (“kinsman”). Compare nift. See also nephew.

• IPA^(key): /niːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

neve (plural neves)

1. (rare or obsolete) Nephew.
   • 1920, Wilhelm Robert Richard Pinger, Laurence Sterne and Goethe:

     Iwein considers it his right and duty to avenge his neve, and is much exercised when Artûs proposes to go to the well with his full strength, for he apprehends that the king will give the distinction of the combat to his sister's son Gâwein.

2. (rare or obsolete) A male cousin.
   • 1988, Michael Tepper, New World immigrants:

     Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop.

3. (rare or obsolete) A grandson.
4. (rare) A spendthrift.

• nift
• nevvy, neffy

• Even, eevn, even, even-

neve

1. bone (of mammals, birds)

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese neve (“snow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”).

IPA^(key): [ˈnɛβɪ]

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow

• As Neves
• bola de neve
• casa da neve
• neveira

• nevada
• nevar
• nevarada
• nevarisca
• Niveiro

neve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of nevar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

• “neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “neue” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “neve” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “neve” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “neve” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Portuguese neve. Cognates with Kabuverdianu neva.

neve

1. snow

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛvɛ]

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• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

neve

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of név

   Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal) / What is his/her/its name?

From Latin nivem, accusative of nix, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs. Compare Portuguese neve, Spanish nieve.

• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ve/, [ˈn̺eːve]

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• Stress: néve
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

neve f (plural nevi)

1. (weather) snow
2. (slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)

• coltre
• ghiaccio
• imbiancare
• manto
• sci
• slavina
• snowboard
• valanga

• vene

• neu

From nē +‎ -ve.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.we/, [ˈneː.wɛ]

nēve

1. and not, or not

• neve in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• neve in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neve in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From French neveu

neve

1. nephew

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From Old Dutch *nefo, nevo, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

nēve m

1. male relative
   1. male cousin
   2. nephew
   3. grandson

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: neef
• Limburgish: naef

• “neve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “neve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English nefa, nefe, from Proto-Germanic *nefô; compare Middle Dutch neve, Middle Low German neve, and Old Norse nefi.

• neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/

neve (plural neves)

1. A nephew (offspring of one's sibling)
2. One's offspring or descendants.
3. (rare) A neve or profligate; a overspender.

• English: neve (obsolete)

• “nēve (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

• nefe, neffe

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

neve (plural neves)

1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

• English: nieve, nief, nief (dialectal)
• Scots: nieve, neive

• “nēve (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

From Old Norse hnefi.

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural never, definite plural nevene)

1. a fist (clenched hand)

• knyttneve
• nevekamp

• “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hnefi.

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural nevar, definite plural nevane)

1. a fist (clenched hand)

• nevekamp

• “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”). Cognate with Galician neve, Spanish nieve, Catalan neu, Occitan nèu, Italian neve and Romanian nea.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ve

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow
   • 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:

     Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…

     When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

From French neveu

neve

1. nephew

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français