neige
French, noun
neige is spelled N-E-I-G-E (5 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neige is a French feminine noun meaning “snow, crystalline frozen precipitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, neigé is a different word: “past participle of neiger”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forme de pluie cristalline se produisant lorsque la température descend en dessous de 0 °C, les gouttes d’eau…”.
What does neige mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesnow, crystalline frozen precipitation
travailler sous la neige
- 2
feminineinformalcocaine, crack
- 3
femininesnow, pattern of dots seen on an untuned television set
verb
- 1
past participle of neiger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forme de pluie cristalline se produisant lorsque la température descend en dessous de 0 °C, les gouttes d’eau s’étant transformées en flocons blancs et légers. 2. Climat neigeux. 3. Ce qui présente l’apparence de la neige. 4. Entremets d’œufs battus jusqu'à former une mousse blanche et ferme.
verb: 1. Participe passé de neiger employé comme adjectif.
adjective: 1. Qui comporte des bouquets de poils blancs sur une robe sombre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of neige
- neiges plural
- neigés plural masculine
- neigée singular feminine
- neigées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to neige
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neige in French?
neige appears 36 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).