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| né·vé [ nay váy ] (plural né·vés) |
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1. snow at glacier top: compacted granular snow, found at the top of a glacier, that has not yet become ice
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2. field of compacted snow on glacier: a field of compacted granular snow at the top of a glacier
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| [Mid-19th century. < Swiss French< Latin nivatus "snow-cooled" < niv- "snow"] |
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