snowflake
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snowflake
- /ˈsnəʊ.fleɪk/ UK
- /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/ US
Where it comes from
From snow + flake. Compare Saterland Frisian Sneeflokke (“snowflake”), Dutch sneeuwvlok, Luxembourgish Schnéiflack, German Schneeflocke.
noun snowflakes · snow flake · snow-flake · ❄
- A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
- Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
- The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
- Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special. When I come home, one space monkey is reading to the assembled space monkeys who sit covering the whole first floor. “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.”
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Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech.
Similar: special snowflake
- A type of lesion that appears as scattered white-brown spots under high magnification light microscopy. Robertson and colleagues reported 10 patients in four families with lesions similar to those of stage I and stage II snowflake generation.
- Something that is unique in every presentation. MS is referred to as a “snowflake” disease because symptoms vary from person to person.
- A Caucasian person. Alright, snowflake, where's the dope?
- Someone (usually white) who was opposed to the abolition of slavery (Missouri, 1860s)
verb snowflakes · snowflaking · snowflaked · snow flake · snow-flake
- To fall in the manner of a snowflake. Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down.
- To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flake, snowbird, snow bunting, plectrophenax nivalis, ball, pumpkin, sweetie, adamantoid, snowflake obsidian, crystal, crystal system, chrystal, chrystall, anticrystal, chyrstal, paracrystal
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noun crystal
| Español | copo de nieve, ampo, copo nival / níveo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 눈송이 nunsong'i, 눈꽃 nunkkot, 설편 seolpyeon, 설화 seolhwa |
| 日本語 | 雪花 sekka, 雪片 seppen, 雪の結晶 yuki no kesshō |
| 中文 | 雪花 xuěhuā, 雪片 xuěpiàn |
| हिन्दी | हिमकण himkaṇ |
| Português | floco de neve, folheca |
| Français | flocon de neige |
| Deutsch | Schneeflocke |
| Italiano | fiocco di neve |
| Ελληνικά | νιφάδα nifáda |
| Română | fulg, fulg de zăpadă, fulg de nea |
| Русский | снежи́нка snežínka |
| Tiếng Việt | bông tuyết, hoa tuyết |
| العربية | رُقَاقَةُ الثَّلْج ruqāqatu ṯ-ṯalj, نُدْفَةُ الثَّلْج nudfatu ṯ-ṯalj |
| עברית | פְּתִית שֶׁלֶג p'tit shéleg |
noun flower of the genus Leucojum
| Español | campanilla |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 雪片蓮 /雪片莲 xuěpiànlián |
| Deutsch | Märzenbecher |
| Română | omătuțe |
| Русский | белоцве́тник belocvétnik |
noun overly sensitive person
| Español | ofendidito |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 玻璃心 bōlixīn |
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title = {snowflake},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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