né·vé (n -v )n. 1. The upper part of a glacier where the snow turns into ice. 2. a. A snow field at the head of a glacier. b. The granular snow typically found in such a field. [French, from French dialectal névi, from Vulgar Latin *niv tum, from neuter of Latin nivtus, cooled by snow, from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots.] |
névé [ˈnɛveɪ]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Also called firn a mass of porous ice, formed from snow, that has not yet become frozen into glacier ice
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a snowfield at the head of a glacier that becomes transformed to ice
[from Swiss French névé glacier, from Late Latin nivātus snow-cooled, from nix snow]
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