Here is a summary of words meaning "snow."
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-- s --
Scots: snaw
English: snow
Hiligaynon: snow
Old English: snāw
Proto Germanic: snaiwaz
Gothic: snaiws
Swedish: snö [snøː]
Norwegian: snø
Danish: sne
Slovak: sneh
Czech: sníh
Icelandic: snjór
Dutch: sneeuw
Afrikaans: sneeu
Papiamento: sneu
German: Der Schnee
Alsatian: d'r Schnee
Shona: sino
Scottish Gaelic: sneachd
Scottish: sneachd
Irish: sneachta
Faroese: snjógvur [sɲjɛgvʊɹ]
Bosnian: snijeg
Polish: śnieg
Serbian: sněg
Russian: снег
Bulgarian: cняг
Ukrainian: cніг [snih]
Hebrew : sheleg
Maltese: silġ
Indonesian: salju
Malay: salji
Bahasa Melayu: Salji
-- th --
Arabic: ثلج [thalj(un)]
Malayalam: തുഷാര [thushaara]
Swahili: thaluji
-- t --
Vietnamese (Việt Nam): tuyết (cf. tuyệt means 'wonderful')
Bengali: তুষার [tushar]
Georgian: თოვლი [tovli]
Aslanic (conlang): cnëk [tʃnɛkʰ]
-- d --
Armenian: ձյուն [dzyun]
-- n --
French: neige
Haitian Creol: Lanèj
Esperanto: neĝo (negxo / negho)
Usik (conlang): nej
Franco-Provencal: nêf
Italian: neve
Portuguese: neve
Corsican: neve
Spanish: nieve
Chavacano: nieve
Ido (conlang): nivo
Filipino: niyebe
Tagalog: niyebe
Latin: nix
Romanian: ninsoare
Korean: 눈 [nun]
-- l --
Finnish: lumi
Estonian: lumi
Kreol Morisyen: lanez
-- r --
Quechua: rit'i
-- m --
Malayalam: മഞ്ഞ് [mʌˈɲʊ]
Telugu: manchu
-- b --
Hindi: बर्फ[barpha]
Persian: برف [barf]
Urdu: برف
Kurdish Sorani: bahfr
Maltese: borra
Tagalog: busilak
-- p --
Tamil: பனி [pani]
Khmer: ព្រ [prerl]
-- h --
Malayalam: ഹിമം [himam]
Sanskrit: हिम [hima]
Thai : หิมะ[hìʔ mʔ]
Hungarian: hó
Greek: χιόνι[hjOnee]
Maori: huka
Maori: hukapapa (on the ground)
Maori: hukarere (in the air)
-- k --
Turkish: kar
Kazakh: kar
Kyrgyz: кар [kar]
Aymara: khunu
Faroese:S kavi
-- y --
Japanese: 雪 (ゆき) [yuki]
Tagalog: yelo
-- e --
Welsh: eira
Basque: elur
Breton: erc'h
Vannetais Breton: erh
Cornish: ergh
-- a --
Inuktitut: ᐊᐳᑦ [aput]
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