Feminine
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neige

Meaning

  1. (feminine) snow, crystalline frozen precipitation
  2. (feminine, informal) cocaine, crack
  3. (feminine) snow, pattern of dots seen on an untuned television set

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nɛʒ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle French nege, naige (14th c.), deverbal from neiger (“to snow”). Displaced related Old French noif, from Latin nix, nivem.

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