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单词 firn
释义

firn

[ feern ]
/ fɪərn /
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noun

névé.

Origin of firn

1850–55; <German (Swiss), noun use of firn last year's, old; cognate with Old English fyrn former, ancient, Gothic fairneis; akin to Old Norse forn ancient. See before

Words nearby firn

firmament, firman, firmer chisel, firmer gouge, firmware, firn, firnification, firn line, Firozabad, firry, first
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Example sentences from the Web for firn

  • Firn, firn, or fern, n. snow on high glaciers while still granular—the French nv.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for firn

firn
/ (fɪən) /

noun

another name for névé (def. 1)

Word Origin for firn

C19: from German (Swiss dialect) firn of the previous year, from Old High German firni old
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for firn

firn
[ fîrn ]

Granular, partially consolidated snow that has passed through one summer melt season but is not yet glacial ice. Firn becomes glacial ice once it has become impermeable to liquid water.
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