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English word origin

Etymology of snows

From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic. · Clipping of snow tires. · A woman's pale-coloured breasts.

noun

plural of snow

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of snow

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

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  • Word-formation componentsnowen
  • Word-formation component-sen
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