French word

enneiger

Pronunciation

IPA/ɑ̃nɛʒe/

Meaning

  • verbbe covered in snow

Example

La montagne est enneigée en hiver.

The mountain is covered in snow in winter.

Illustration for enneiger (be covered in snow)

More examples

La tempête a enneigé les routes ce matin.

The storm covered the roads with snow this morning.

Core concept

A landscape or surface carrying a soft white layer of snow that smooths its visible contours.

Common phrases

  • enneiger les routes

    cover the roads with snow

  • enneiger la voiture

    cover the car with snow

Similar words

neiger: Fall as snow from the sky.
couvrir: Cover a surface with another material.
recouvrir: Cover something completely with another material.

Definition in French

Décrit l'action ou l'état de couvrir une surface de neige, c'est-à-dire être ou rendre quelque chose recouvert de neige.

Word origin

French formed enneiger from neige with the prefix en-, while neige descends from Old French and Latin nix, nivis.

Usage tips

  • French commonly uses enneiger in the passive, as in la montagne est enneigée, while neiger describes snow falling.

Other meanings

  • cover with snowverb

Opposites

  • déneigerclear snow from ___verb

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