How to pronounce firn
American English pronunciation
FEERN
- IPA
- /ˈfɪɹn/
- Syllables
- FEERN (1 syllable)
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What firn means
Old, grainy snow that has thawed and frozen again many times
In a sentence: The climbers crunched across the firn high on the glacier.
Where it comes from: It comes from a German word meaning last year's, as in last year's snow.
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