enneigé
The English word 'snowy' is translated into French as enneigé.
The term is an adjective used to describe something marked by snow. In formal contexts, you may also use the expression enrobé de neige to specifically mean 'covered in snow'.
Meaning: marked by snow (adj)
How does it change in a sentence?
As a French adjective, enneigé must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Use enneigée for feminine singular nouns, enneigés for masculine plural nouns and enneigées for feminine plural nouns.
Did you know?
- While enneigé describes a landscape, the French use the word neigeux for weather conditions, such as un temps neigeux, meaning 'snowy weather'.
- The idiom blanc comme neige uses the concept of 'snowy' whiteness to describe a person's character as being perfectly innocent or without guilt.
- The expression un manteau de neige is a very common way to describe the ground, treating the snow as a literal 'coat' or 'cloak' worn by the earth.
Examples in context
- Il lui parla de ses yeux, comme ils étaient de beaux océans bleus-foncés et que des pensées et des sentiments y flottaient tels des sirènes, et il parla de ses sourcils, comme ils étaient de belles montagnes enneigées, et il lui dit beaucoup d'autres choses similaires.He talked to her about her eyes, how that they were beautiful dark-blue seas, and that thoughts and feelings floated like mermaids therein, and he spoke of her brow, how that it was a fair snowy mountain, and many other such like things he told her.This sentence uses enneigé to describe mountains.Tatoeba #3761909 by sacredceltic, translation #3759568 by Hybrid
- Il conduisit ses hommes et leurs chevaux sur des montagnes enneigées et au fond de chaudes vallées.He led his men and horses over snowy mountains and down into hot valleys.This sentence uses enneigées to describe mountains.Tatoeba #133293 by gall, translation #303418 by CM
- La forêt s'est transformée en un paysage enrobé de neige.The forest has transformed into a landscape covered in snow.
- La rue est magnifique avec son revêtement neigeux.The street is beautiful with its snowy covering.
- Le paysage est romantique lorsque tout est sous la neige.The landscape is romantic when everything is under the snow.
- Les Alpes sont splendides avec leurs sommets neigés.The Alps are splendid with their snowy summits.
- Le paysage enneigé est magnifique.The snowy landscape is magnificent.
Example conversation
Gabriel and Chloé are looking out the window at a winter morning.
- GabrielRegarde ce chemin enneigé !Look at that snowy path!
- ChloéC'est vraiment très beau, Gabriel.It is truly very beautiful, Gabriel.
- GabrielOn peut aller skier demain ?Can we go skiing tomorrow?
- ChloéOui, si la météo le permet.Yes, if the weather allows it.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
