Meanings
plural snowfalls · alternative snow-fall
- countableuncountableAn instance of falling of snow.
There has been snowfall every day this week.
- countableuncountableThe amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounprecipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, snow + fall. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwval, German Schneefall, Old Norse snjófall, snæfall (whence Danish snefald, Norwegian snøfall, and Swedish snöfall).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَسَاقُط ثُلُوج
- تَسَاقُط ثُلُوج (tasāquṭ ṯulūj)instance of falling of snow
Bulgarian снеговале́ж
- снеговале́ж (snegovaléž)instance of falling of snow
Catalan nevada, nevada
- nevadainstance of falling of snow
- nevadaamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Chinese Mandarin 降雪, 下雪
- 降雪 (jiàngxuě)instance of falling of snow
- 下雪 (xiàxuě)instance of falling of snow
Czech sněžení
- sněženíinstance of falling of snow
Danish snefald
- snefaldinstance of falling of snow
Dutch sneeuwval
- sneeuwvalinstance of falling of snow
Estonian lumesadu
- lumesaduinstance of falling of snow
Finnish lumisade, lumisademäärä
- lumisadeinstance of falling of snow
- lumisademääräamount of snow that falls on one occasion
French chute de neige
- chute de neigeinstance of falling of snow
German Schneefall
- Schneefallinstance of falling of snow
Greek χιονόπτωση
- χιονόπτωση (chionóptosi)instance of falling of snow
Hindi हिमपात
- हिमपात (himpāt)instance of falling of snow
Hungarian hóesés
- hóesésinstance of falling of snow
Icelandic snjókoma
- snjókomainstance of falling of snow
Italian nevicata, fioccata
- nevicatainstance of falling of snow
- fioccatainstance of falling of snow
- nevicataamount of snow that falls on one occasion
- nevositàamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Japanese 降雪, 降雪量
- 降雪 (kōsetsu)instance of falling of snow
- 降雪量 (kōsetsuryō)amount of snow that falls on one occasion
Korean 강설
- 강설 (gangseol)instance of falling of snow
Norwegian Bokmål snøfall
- snøfallinstance of falling of snow
Polish opad śniegu, opad śniegu
- opad śnieguinstance of falling of snow
- opad śnieguamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Portuguese nevada
- nevadainstance of falling of snow
Romanian ninsoare, cădere de zăpadă
- ninsoareinstance of falling of snow
- cădere de zăpadăinstance of falling of snow
Russian снегопа́д, коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га
- снегопа́д (snegopád)instance of falling of snow
- коли́чество вы́павшего сне́га (kolíčestvo výpavševo snéga)amount of snow that falls on one occasion
Slovak sneženie
- sneženieinstance of falling of snow
Spanish nevada, nevasca
- nevadainstance of falling of snow
- nevascainstance of falling of snow
- nevazoinstance of falling of snow
- neviscainstance of falling of snow
- papacarainstance of falling of snow
- nevadaamount of snow that falls on one occasion
- nevascaamount of snow that falls on one occasion
- nevazoamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Swedish snöfall, snöfall
- snöfallinstance of falling of snow
- snöfallamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Tamil பனிப்பொழிவு, பனிப்பொழிவு
- பனிப்பொழிவு (paṉippoḻivu)instance of falling of snow
- பனிப்பொழிவு (paṉippoḻivu)amount of snow that falls on one occasion
Turkish kar yağışı, kar yağışı miktarı
- kar yağışıinstance of falling of snow
- kar yağışı miktarıamount of snow that falls on one occasion
Ukrainian снігопа́д
- снігопа́д (snihopád)instance of falling of snow
Cite this entry
snowfall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowfall
“snowfall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowfall. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowfall,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowfall.
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