Synonyms for "firn" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

bergcalffloe

Strong matches (4)

glacierglazeiceice pack

Related words (7)

icebergiciclenévésleetslobsludge

Noun(1 words)

névé

Related word relations

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3 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

névé

derived

1 entries

firnification

related to

1 entries

snow

Translations

22 translations across 14 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• ثَلْج حُبَيْبَي noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Belarusian

2 entries

• зерналёд noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• фірн noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• фирн noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Czech

1 entries

• firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Finnish

2 entries

• firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• firn-lumi noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

French

1 entries

• névé noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

German

2 entries

• Fiire noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• Firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Italian

1 entries

• nevato noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

• серенъ noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Polish

1 entries

• firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Russian

4 entries

• се́рен noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• се́рень noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• серена́ noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• серён noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Slovak

1 entries

• firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Slovene

1 entries

• ledeniški srenec noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

Swedish

2 entries

• firn noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)
• firnsnö noun (A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)

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