Snowfall

//ˈsnoʊfɔːl//

Synonyms for "snowfall" (41 found)

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Noun(1 words)
snow

Related words (20)

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Translations

73 translations across 45 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • تَسَاقُط ثُلُوج noun (instance of falling of snow)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • nebata noun (instance of falling of snow)

Asturian

1 entries
  • nevada noun (instance of falling of snow)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qar düşmə noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • qar yağma noun (instance of falling of snow)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • снегапа́д noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • сьнегапа́д noun (instance of falling of snow)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • снеговале́ж noun (instance of falling of snow)

Catalan

2 entries
  • nevada noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevada noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 下雪 noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • 降雪 noun (instance of falling of snow)

Czech

1 entries
  • sněžení noun (instance of falling of snow)

Danish

1 entries
  • snefald noun (instance of falling of snow)

Dutch

1 entries
  • sneeuwval noun (instance of falling of snow)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lumesadu noun (instance of falling of snow)

Finnish

2 entries
  • lumisade noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • lumisademäärä noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

French

1 entries
  • chute de neige noun (instance of falling of snow)

Friulian

1 entries
  • neveade noun (instance of falling of snow)

Galician

2 entries
  • nevada noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevada noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თოვა noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • თოვლიანობა noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

German

1 entries
  • Schneefall noun (instance of falling of snow)

Greek

1 entries
  • χιονόπτωση noun (instance of falling of snow)

Hindi

1 entries
  • हिमपात noun (instance of falling of snow)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hóesés noun (instance of falling of snow)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • snjókoma noun (instance of falling of snow)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • بارِشِ بَرْف noun (instance of falling of snow)

Italian

4 entries
  • fioccata noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevicata noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevicata noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)
  • nevosità noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 降雪 noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • 降雪量 noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ noun (instance of falling of snow)

Korean

1 entries
  • 강설 noun (instance of falling of snow)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • nevàdda noun (instance of falling of snow)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • сне́гопад noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • снего́врнеж noun (instance of falling of snow)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • snøfall noun (instance of falling of snow)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • snøfall noun (instance of falling of snow)

Polish

1 entries
  • opad śniegu noun (instance of falling of snow)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • nevada noun (instance of falling of snow)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cădere de zăpadă noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • ninsoare noun (instance of falling of snow)

Russian

2 entries
  • коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)
  • снегопа́д noun (instance of falling of snow)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • snijéžēnje noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • snéžēnje noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • сне́же̄ње noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • сније́же̄ње noun (instance of falling of snow)

Shor

1 entries
  • кӧңме noun (instance of falling of snow)

Slovak

1 entries
  • sneženie noun (instance of falling of snow)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sneženje noun (instance of falling of snow)

Spanish

4 entries
  • nevada noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevada noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)
  • nevasca noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • nevasca noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Swedish

2 entries
  • snöfall noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • snöfall noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Tamil

2 entries
  • பனிப்பொழிவு noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • பனிப்பொழிவு noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kar yağışı noun (instance of falling of snow)
  • kar yağışı miktarı noun (amount of snow that falls on one occasion)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • снігопа́д noun (instance of falling of snow)

Yakut

1 entries
  • хаар түһүүтэ noun (instance of falling of snow)

Sample sentences

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The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

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The heavy snowfall prevented our train from leaving on time.

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This is the heaviest snowfall in thirty years in Tokyo.

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This is the heaviest snowfall we have ever had.

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