different between naeve vs nieve

English

Alternative forms

• næve (obsolete)

Etymology

Latin naevus.

Noun

naeve (plural naeves)

1. (obsolete) A naevus; a pigmented spot.
   • 1649, John Dryden, Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings

     Was there no milder way but the smallpox; The very filthiness of Pandora's box? So many spots, like næves, our Venus soil?

Anagrams

• Neave, veena

Latin

Noun

naeve

1. vocative singular of naevus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?v/

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. variant form of nief

Anagrams

• envie

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñeve

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow

Related terms

• nevar

Ladino

Noun

nieve f (Latin spelling)

1. Alternative form of inyeve

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnefi, nefi, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ni?v], [n?v]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [n?v]

Noun

nieve (plural nieves)

1. fist
2. handful, fistful

Derived terms

Related terms

• nievel (“a sharp blow with the fist; to punch, pummel, batter; to grip, squeeze or pinch with the fingers”)

Verb

nieve (third-person singular present nieves, present participle nievin, past nievit, past participle nievit)

1. to open and close the hand spasmodically
2. (of fish) to catch in the hand

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?njebe/, [?nje.??e]

Etymology 1

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *sníg??s. Compare Italian neve, Portuguese neve, Walloon nive.

Noun

nieve f (plural nieves)

1. snow
2. (Mexico) ice cream

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nieve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nevar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nevar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nevar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of nevar.

Further reading

• “nieve” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.