snowfall

English

Alternative forms

snow-fall

Etymology

snow +‎ fall

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnoʊfɔːl/

Noun

snowfall (countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)

An instance of falling of snow.
There has been snowfall every day this week.
The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.

Derived terms

Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale

Translations

instance of falling of snow

Asturian: nevada f
Belarusian: снегапа́д m (snjehapád)
Catalan: nevada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 降雪 (zh) (jiàngxuě), 下雪 (zh) (xiàxuě)
Czech: sněžení (cs) n
Danish: snefald n
Dutch: sneeuwval (nl) m
Estonian: lumesadu
Finnish: lumisade (fi)
French: chute de neige f
Friulian: neveade f
Georgian: თოვა (tova)
German: Schneefall (de) m
Greek: χιονόπτωση (el) f (chionóptosi)
Hungarian: hóesés (hu)
Italian: nevicata (it) f, fioccata

Japanese: 降雪 (ja) (こうせつ, kōsetsu)
Kannada: ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ (kn) (mañjusurita), ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ (kn) (himavarṣa)
Korean: 강설 (ko) (gangseol) (降雪 (ko))
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snøfall (no) n

Nynorsk: snøfall n
Persian: بارش برف‎ (bâreš-e barf)
Polish: opad śniegu m
Portuguese: nevada (pt) f
Romanian: ninsoare (ro) f, cădere de zăpadă f
Russian: снегопа́д (ru) (snegopád)
Shor: кӧңме (köñme)
Spanish: nevada (es) f
Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
Tamil: பனிப்பொழிவு (ta) (paṉippoḻivu)
Turkish: kar yağışı
Ukrainian: снігопа́д m (snihopád)

amount of snow that falls on one occasion

Catalan: nevada (ca) f
Finnish: lumisademäärä
Georgian: თოვლიანობა (tovlianoba)
Italian: nevicata (it) f
Japanese: 降雪量 (kōsetsu-ryō)

Russian: коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га n (kolíčestvo výpavševo snéga)
Spanish: nevada (es) f
Swedish: snöfall (sv) n
Turkish: kar yağışı miktarı

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