# neve
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niːv/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːv

### Noun

neve (plural neves)
* (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.
* (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.
* (rare or obsolete) A grandson.
* (rare) A spendthrift.

#### Related terms

* nift
* nevvy, neffy

### Anagrams

* Even, eevn, even, even-

## Äiwoo
### Noun

neve
* bone (of mammals, birds)

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Albanian
### Etymology

An innovation stemming from Early Proto-Albanian *nōhōn. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *nasъ (“our”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /nɛvɛ/

### Pronoun

neve
* (to) us; dative of ne

### References

* ↑ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 255

## Cheyenne
### Numeral

neve
* four

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese neve (“snow”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛbe/ [ˈnɛ.β̞ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɛbe
* Hyphenation: ne‧ve

### Noun

neve f (plural neves)
* snow

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* nevada
* nevar
* nevarada
* nevarisca
* Niveiro

### Verb

neve
* inflection of nevar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* “neve”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “neve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “neue”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “neve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “neve”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “neve”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

### Noun

neve
* snow

## Hungarian
### Etymology

név +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛvɛ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ne‧ve

### Noun

neve
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of név
    Mi a neve? ― What is your name? (formal) / What is his/her/its name?

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈne.ve/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eve
* Hyphenation: né‧ve

### Noun

neve f (plural nevi)
* (weather) snow
* (slang, uncountable) snow (cocaine)

#### Derived terms

* acquaneve
* bucaneve
* effetto neve
* fiocco di neve
* gatto delle nevi
* nevaio
* neviera
* nevischio

#### Related terms

* innevato
* nevicare
* nevicata
* nevosità
* nevoso
* nivale
* niveo

#### See also

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

### Further reading

* neve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* vene

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* neu

### Etymology

From nē +‎ -ve.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈneː.u̯e/, [ˈneːu̯ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈne.ve/, [ˈnɛːve]

### Conjunction

nēve
* and not, or not (nor)
** c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.26:Caesar ad Lingonas litteras nuntiosque misit, ne eos frumento neve alia re iuvarentCaesar sent letters and emissaries to Lingonas so that they could not help them with food nor with another thing.

### References

* “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.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French neveu.

### Noun

neve
* nephew

### References

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

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

nēve m
* male relative
** male cousin
** nephew
** grandson

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: neef
** Afrikaans: neef
** → Papiamentu: neefie (dated)
** → Sranan Tongo: nefo, neifo
*** → Dutch: niffo
** → West Frisian: neef
* Limburgish: naef

### Further reading

* “neve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “neve”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English nefa, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô.

#### Alternative forms

* neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛːv(ə)/

#### Noun

neve (plural neves)
* A nephew (offspring of one's sibling)
* One's offspring or descendants.
* (rare) A neve or profligate; an overspender.

##### Descendants

* English: neve

##### References

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

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse hnefi; further etymology is unknown.

#### Alternative forms

* nefe, neffe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛːv(ə)/, /ˈnɛːf(ə)/

#### Noun

neve (plural neves)
* nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

##### Descendants

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

##### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

### Noun

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural never, definite plural nevene)
* a fist (clenched hand)

#### Derived terms

* knyttneve
* nevekamp

### References

* “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* nåvå (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

### Noun

neve m (definite singular neven, indefinite plural nevar, definite plural nevane)
* a fist (clenched hand)

#### Derived terms

* nevekamp

### References

* “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

### Noun

neve f (plural neves)
* snow
** 13th century, Alfonso X of Castile, Ao dayā de calez euachei; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 493:Econ todesto aynda faz al cono liuᵒs q̄ tem per bōa fe Sē acha molhr̄ q̄ aia mal deste fago q̄ de ssam Marcal e assy uai per foder ē cantar q̄ fodendo lhi ffaz bem Semelhar q̄ e geada ou ne ue nō al(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* nevar (“to snow”)

#### Descendants

* Fala: nevi
* Galician: neve
* Portuguese: neve
** Kabuverdianu: nevi

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “neve”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “neve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nev”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese neve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.vi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.vi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈnɛ.ve/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɛ.vɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɛ.bɨ/ [ˈnɛ.βɨ]
* Hyphenation: ne‧ve
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)

#### Noun

neve f (plural neves)
* 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…

##### Related terms

* nevada
* nevado
* nevão
* nevar
* nevasca

##### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: nevi

##### See also

* floco de neve
* folheca

#### Further reading

* “neve” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

neve
* third-person singular present subjunctive of nevar

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

From French neveu.

### Noun

neve
* nephew

### References

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