neve /niːv/noun 4/neɪˈveɪ/ noun 2forms 2 noun4 •(rare) A spendthrift. •(no longer used, rare) Nephew. •(no longer used, rare) A male cousin.Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop. — 1988 •(no longer used, rare) A grandson. névé /neɪˈveɪ/ noun2 •The firn or snowfield at the head of a glacier. •Young, granular snow on a glacier, which has been partially melted and refrozen since deposition, but has not yet turned into firn by surviving a full season of ablation. formsneves · névés
