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English

Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *nép?ts. Doublet of nephew; compare nift (“niece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Noun

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.

Related terms

• nift
• nevvy, neffy

Anagrams

• Even, eevn, even, even-

Aiwoo

Noun

neve

1. 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, issue 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 *n?h?n. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *nas? (“our”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n?v?/

Pronoun

neve

1. (to) us; dative of ne

References

Cheyenne

Numeral

neve

1. four

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?n???]

Noun

neve f (plural neves)

1. snow

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• nevada
• nevar
• nevarada
• nevarisca
• Niveiro

Verb

neve

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

References

• “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.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese neve. Cognate with Kabuverdianu neva.

Noun

neve

1. snow

Hungarian

Etymology

név +? -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?v?]
• Hyphenation: ne?ve

Noun

neve

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

Declension

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne.ve/
• Hyphenation: né?ve
• Rhymes: -eve

Noun

neve f (plural nevi)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

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

Anagrams

• vene

Latin

Alternative forms

• neu

Etymology

From n? +? -ve.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ne?.u?e/, [?ne?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ne.ve/, [?n??v?]

Conjunction

n?ve

1. and not, or not (nor)

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

1. 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 *nef?, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *nép?ts.

Noun

n?ve m

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: neef
  • Afrikaans: neef
  • ? 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, nefe, from Proto-West Germanic *nef?, from Proto-Germanic *nefô.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??v(?)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

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

Descendants

• English: neve (obsolete)

References

• “n?ve, 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^(key): /?n??v(?)/, /?n??f(?)/

Noun

neve (plural neves)

1. nief, fist (hand with clenched fingers)

Descendants

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

References

• “n?ve, 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)

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• knyttneve
• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hnefi.

Noun

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

1. a fist (clenched hand)

Derived terms

• nevekamp

References

• “neve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese neve (“snow”), from Latin nix, nivem (“snow”), from Proto-Italic *sniks (“snow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sníg??s (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?n?.v?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?n?.vi/, [?n??.v?]
• Hyphenation: ne?ve

Noun

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…

Related terms

See also

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French neveu

Noun

neve

1. nephew

References

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rêver.

Verb

reve

1. dream

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?fa, ?er?fa.

Alternative forms

• refe, reeve, reyve, reove

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?v(?)/

Noun

reve (plural reves or reven)

1. A reeve or bailiff (a local official); an administrator.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,

     Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve, / But it were oonly Osewold the Reve;

2. An administrator of an estate or manor; a manager or steward.
3. (Christianity) A subordinate or deputy of God.

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Related terms

• shirreve

Descendants

• English: reeve

References

• “r??ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.

Etymology 2

Verb

reve

1. Alternative form of reven

Etymology 3

Noun

reve

1. Alternative form of reif

Middle French

Alternative forms

• resve

Etymology

Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rog? (“I ask; I demand”).

Noun

reve f (plural reves)

1. a taxation on imports and exports

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (reve)
• reve on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun rev

Verb

reve (imperative rev, present tense rever, passive reves, simple past reva or revet or revde, past participle reva or revet or revd, present participle revende)

1. (nautical) to reef (a sail)
   • "Rev seilene, rev seilene!", skrek kapteinen. [1]

References

• “reve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.