snowflake

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
2. Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
3. The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
4. (derogatory, slang) Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
5. (derogatory, slang) Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
6. A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy.
7. Something that is unique in every presentation.
8. (derogatory, slang, usually) A Caucasian person.
9. (historical) Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)

Verb

1. To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
2. To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.

Conceptos

copo de nieve

❄️

copo

ampo

❄️

copo de nieve

❄️

campanilla

Sinónimos

flake

snowbird

snow bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

snake

🐍

snowdrop

windflower

fisheye

fish eye

snow mist

shatter crack

white flake

daisy

🌼

soft fluffy snow

flurry

innocent

😇

poppy

Traducciones

Schneeflocke

❄️

flocon de neige

sneeuwvlok

❄️

fiocco di neve

❄️

floco de neve

❄️

Märzenbecher

❄️

νιφάδα

χιονονιφάδα

kar tanesi

❄️

nivéole

❄️

floc de neu

flocon

bruant des neiges

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Sneeflokke

Cognado con neerlandés: sneeuwvlok

Cognado con luxemburgués: Schnéiflack

Cognado con alemán: Schneeflocke

In summary

From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.