nivalis

Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈu̯aː.lis/, [niˈu̯äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈva.lis/, [niˈväːlis]

nivālis (neuter nivāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. snowy
2. snow-covered

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• Italian: nivale
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nivālia (fem. noun based on original neuter plural)
  • Walloon: nivaie

• “nivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nivalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.