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{{see also|Snowdrop}}
==English==
{{was wotd|2016|December|1}}

===Etymology===
[[File:Snowdrops, Scot's Poor - geograph.org.uk - 694875.jpg|thumb|'''Snowdrops''' (1) ({{taxlink|Galanthus nivalis|species}}) in {{w|Chute, Wiltshire}}, in England]]
[[File:Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop.jpg|thumb|'''Snowdrops''' (1) in winter]]

From {{compound|en|snow|drop}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/|a=RP}}
* {{enPR|snōʹdräp|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈsnoʊ.dɹɑp/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-snowdrop.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-snowdrop.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{hyphenation|en|snow|drop}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# Any of the 20 [[species]] of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Galanthus|genus}} of the {{taxfmt|Amaryllidaceae|family}}, [[bulbous]] [[flower]]ing [[plant]]s, bearing a [[solitary]], [[pendulous]], white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on [[species]], between [[autumn]] and late [[winter]] or early [[spring]], all [[native]] to [[temperate]] [[Eurasia]].
#* '''1722''', {{w|Thomas Tickell}}, ''Kensington Garden'', London: Printed for [[w:Jacob Tonson|J[acob] Tonson]], in the [[w:Strand, London|Strand]], <small>{{w|OCLC}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270894685 270894685]</small>; republished in ''The Poems of [[w:Samuel Garth|Garth]], and Tickell'' (The British Poets. Including Translations. In One Hundred Volumes; XXVII), Chiswick, Middlesex: From the press of [[w:Charles Whittingham|C[harles] Whittingham]], College House, 1822, <small>{{w|OCLC}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16074759 16074759]</small>, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wydAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA166 page 166]:
#*: A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the '''Snow-drop''' styled.
#* {{RQ:Thomson Widows and Widowers|volume=I|page=281|passage=Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the '''snowdrop'''.}}
#* '''1865''', {{w|Ouida}} [pseudonym; Marie Louise de la Ramée], “White Ladies”, in ''Strathmore: A Romance.'' [...] ''In Three Volumes'', London: [[w:Chapman & Hall|Chapman and Hall]], 193, {{w|Piccadilly}}, <small>{{w|OCLC}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4557613 4557613]</small>; republished as ''Strathmore: A Romance.'' [...] ''In Two Volumes'' (Collection of British Authors; 1169), volume I, Tauchnitz edition, Leipzig: [[w:Tauchnitz publishers|Bernhard Tauchnitz]], 1871, <small>{{w|OCLC}} [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/798495291 798495291]</small>, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rqwzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9 page 9]:
#*: White Ladies did not mean '''snowdrops''', by their pretty old English name, ghosts in white cere-clothes, or belles in white tarlatan.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Gail Harland|title=Snowdrop|series=Botanical|location=London|publisher=w:Reaktion Books|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78023-492-2|passage=[I]t was considered unlucky to decorate a room with cut '''snowdrops'''. The name death's flower relates to an old belief that a solitary '''snowdrop''' indicates impending death, with suggestions that it was inauspicious to bring '''snowdrops''' indoors.}}
# {{alt case|en|Snowdrop|t=a Royal Air Force police officer}}.

====Derived terms====
* {{vern|Caucasian snowdrop}} ({{taxfmt|Galanthus alpinus var. alpinus|variety}})
* {{vern|Crimean snowdrop}} ({{taxlink|Galanthus plicatus|species}})
* {{vern|giant snowdrop}} ({{taxlink|Galanthus elwesii|species}})
* {{vern|snowdrop anemone}} ({{taxlink|Anemone sylvestris|species}})
* {{vern|snowdrop tree}} ({{taxfmt|Halesia|genus}} spp.)
* {{l|en|snowdrop windflower}} ({{taxlink|Anemone sylvestris|species}})
* {{vern|yellow snowdrop}} {{taxfmt|Erythronium|genus}} spp.)

====Translations====
{{trans-top|plant}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|асықәа|sc=Cyrl}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձնծաղիկ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|xədicəgülü}}, {{t|az|qargülü}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|умырзая|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кокиче|n}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|lliri de neu|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|雪花蓮|tr=xuěhuālián}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sněženka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|vintergæk|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sneeuwklokje|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|neĝborulo}}, {{t+|eo|galanto}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lumikelluke}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lumikello}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perce-neige|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|თეთრყვავილა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schneeglöckchen|n}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Schneeglöggli|n}}
* Greek: {{t|el|λευκόιο|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hóvirág}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|plúirín sneachta|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|bucaneve|m}}
* Kabardian: {{t+|kbd|ажэгъуэмэ}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|цасн цецг}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|설강화(雪降花)}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Schnéikläckelchen|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|кокиче|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|snøklokke|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|snøklokke|f}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|малусӕг|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|os|дзӕкъолон|sc=Cyrl}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|گل برفی|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|przebiśnieg|m}}, {{t+|pl|śnieżyczka|f}}, {{t|pl|śnieżyczka przebiśnieg|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|galanto|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ghiocel|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подсне́жник|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|висибаба|f|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|visibaba|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|snežienka|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|campanilla de febrero|f}}, {{t|es|campanilla de invierno|f}}, {{t|es|flor de nieve|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|snödroppe}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kardelen}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|galant}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|blodyn yr eira|m}}, {{t|cy|cloch maban|f}}, {{t|cy|eirlys|m}}, {{t+|cy|lili wen fach|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|galanthophile}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|++}}

# {{lb|en|Australia|slang|ambitransitive}} To [[steal#Verb|steal]] [[clothing]] (especially women's [[underwear]]) from a [[clothesline]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|magazine=[[w:Southerly (journal)|Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association]]|location=Sydney|publisher=Australian English Association|year=1989|volume=49|page=561|oclc=60624422|passage=MS: There was a lot of '''snowdropping''' in those days? / SL: Oh, I've never actually stooped to '''snowdropping'''; I used to go into shops. Boosting, man, boosting. But you learn how to survive.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Peter O'Toole|title=Loitering with Intent: The Early Years|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Hyperion Books|year=1992|page=50|isbn=978-1-56282-823-3|passage=‘'''Snowdropping'''’ is the business of some poor sods who, often from laundry drying on a clothes line, pinch items of ladies’ underwear, take them away and sniff them.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Tony Hardy|chapter=A Love Story|title=Fifteen Percent Pregnant: A Story of Life, and Love, and IVF|location=Docklands, Melbourne, Vic.|publisher=The Slattery Media Group|year=2011|page=239|isbn=978-0-9807447-7-4|passage=It'll be like '''snowdropping''' clothes from a clothesline. We'll '''snowdrop''' a baby.}}

===References===
* {{pedia}}
* {{comcatlite|Galanthus|i=1}}
* {{specieslite|Galanthus|i=1}}

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