snowfall
/ˈsnoʊfɔːl/
snowfall noun: an instance of falling of snow.
Noun
snowfall (countable and uncountable, plural snowfalls)
- An instance of falling of snow.
- There has been snowfall every day this week.
- The amount of snow that falls on one occasion.
- London recorded a snowfall of 10 centimetres last night.
snowfall meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
snowfall in Hindi
- instance of falling of snow
- हिमपात himpāt
snowfall in Tamil
- instance of falling of snow
- பனிப்பொழிவு paṉippoḻivu
- amount of snow that falls on one occasion
- பனிப்பொழிவு paṉippoḻivu
snowfall in Marathi
- बर्फवृष्टी, हिमवृष्टी, हिमवर्षाव
snowfall in Urdu
- برف باری, برفباری
More languagesFewer languages
- snowfall in Bengali
- তুষারপাত
- snowfall in Telugu
- హిమపాతం
- snowfall in Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞുവീഴ്ച
- snowfall in Kannada
- ಮಂಜುಸುರಿತ mañjusurita, ಹಿಮವರ್ಷ himavarṣa
- snowfall in Punjabi
- ਬਰਫਬਾਰੀ, ਬਰਫ਼ਬਾਰੀ
- snowfall in Gujarati
- હિમવર્ષા, બરફવર્ષા
- snowfall in Odia
- ତୁଷାରପାତ, ବରଫପାତ
- snowfall in Sanskrit
- हिमपात himapāta
- snowfall in Nepali
- हिमपात himpāt
- snowfall in Arabic
- تَسَاقُط ثُلُوج tasāquṭ ṯulūj
Examples of snowfall in a sentence
- The roofs up there are pitched heavier because of the snowfalls.
- Their plans to finish the garden that weekend hit a snag when an unseasonal snowfall dropped several inches on what should have become the pumpkin patch that day.
- The approach to Newcastle (Central) Station from the north after a heavy snowfall.
Forms of snowfall
| plural | snowfalls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | snow-fall |
Origin of snowfall
By surface analysis, snow + fall. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwval, German Schneefall, Old Norse snjófall, snæfall (whence Danish snefald, Norwegian snøfall, and Swedish snöfall).
Words formed from snowfall
- Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale
Questions about snowfall
- What does snowfall mean?
- Snowfall means an instance of falling of snow.
- What is snowfall in Hindi?
- Snowfall in Hindi is हिमपात (himpāt). See Snowfall meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is snowfall?
- Snowfall is a noun.
- How do you pronounce snowfall?
- Snowfall is pronounced /ˈsnoʊfɔːl/.
- What is the plural of snowfall?
- The plural of snowfall is snowfalls.
Words near snowfall in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snowfall (page history and authors); snowfall (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snowfall (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snowfall (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); हिमपात (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); हिमपात (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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