autumn

See also Autumn

English

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Etymology

From Old French automne, from Latin autumnus.

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔː.təm/, X-SAMPA: /"O:.t@m/
• (US) enPR: äʹtəm, IPA: /ˈɑ.təm/, X-SAMPA: /"A.t@m/

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Noun

autumn (plural autumns)

1. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.

Usage notes

• Note that season names are usually spelled in all lowercase letters in English. This is contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always spelled with a capitalized first letter, for example Thursday or September.

Synonyms

• (US, Canada) fall

Derived terms

Terms derived from autumn

autumn-bells autumn colors, autum colours autumn crocus autumn equinox Autumnfest autumn fever autumn-fly Autumn Harvest Uprising autumn ice autumnise, autumnize autumn leaf color, autumn leaf colour autumn meadowhawk

autumn olive autumn pumpkin autumn rustic autumn skullcap autumn sneezeweed autumn-spring autumn term autumn-time autumny German Autumn Hot Autumn mid-autumn

Related terms

Terms related to autumn

Adonis autumnalis autumnal autumnal equinox autumnian autumnity Colchichum autumnale Coregonus autumnalis Coregonus autumnalis migratorius Dendrocygna autumnalis Epirrita autumnata Galerina autumnalis

Helenium autumnale Leontodon autumnale, Leontodon autumnalis Lacus Autumni Leptospira autumnalis Leptus autumnalis Musca autumnalis Neotrombicula autumnalis Plegadis autumnalis Scilla autumnalis Trombicula autumnalis

Translations

season

• Abkhaz: ҭагалан (ab) (t̢agalan), хкаарачан (ab) (xkaaračan)
• Afrikaans: herfs (af)
• Albanian: vjeshtë (sq)
• Arabic: خريف (ar) (xarīf) m
• Armenian: աշուն (hy) (ašun) 
• Aromanian: toamnã (rup) f
• Asturian: seronda (ast) f
• Azeri: payız (az)
• Bashkir: көҙ (köð)
• Basque: udazken (eu)
• Belarusian: восень (be) (vósen’) f 
• Bengali: (early) শরৎ (bn) (shôrôt), (late) হেমন্ত (bn) (hemôntô)
• Breton: diskar-amzer (br) m

  Santiago (Badiu): otunu

• Bulgarian: есен (bg) (ésen) f 
• Burmese: ဆောင်းဦး (my) (hsaung:u:)
• Catalan: tardor (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⵡⴰⵏ (amwan)
• Chechen: гуьйре
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 秋季 (cau¹gwai³)

  Mandarin: 秋天 (cmn) (qiūtiān), 秋季 (cmn) (qiūjì)

  Min Nan: 秋天 (nan) (chhiu-thiⁿ)

• Chuvash: кĕркунне (kĕrkunne)
• Czech: podzim (cs) m
• Danish: efterår (da), høst (da) c
• Dutch: herfst (nl) m, najaar (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtuno (eo)
• Estonian: sügis (et)
• Faroese: heyst (fo) n
• Finnish: syksy (fi)
• French: automne (fr) m
• Friulian: Sierade, Sorunviêr
• Galician: outono (gl) m
• Georgian: შემოდგომა (ka) (šemodgoma) 
• German: Herbst (de) m
• Greek: φθινόπωρο (el) (fthinóporo) n 
• Greenlandic: ukiaq (kl)
• Guaraní: araroguekúi (gn)
• Guernésiais: erchéyant m
• Hebrew: סתו (he) (stav) m
• Hindi: शरद् (hi) (śarad) f, पतझड़ (hi) (patajhaṛ)
• Hungarian: ősz (hu)
• Icelandic: haust (is) n
• Ido: autono (io)
• Indonesian: musim gugur
• Ingush: гуйре (gujre)
• Interlingua: autumno (ia)
• Interlingue: autun (ie)
• Irish: fómhar (ga) m
• Italian: autunno (it) m
• Japanese: 秋 (ja) (あき, aki)
• Kalmyk: намр (namr)
• Kannada: ಶರತ್ಕಾಲ (kn) (śaratkāla)
• Karachay-Balkar: къач
• Karelian: sygyzy
• Kazakh: күз (kk) (küz) 
• Khmer: សរទៈ (km) (saʔraʔteaʔ)
• Korean: 가을 (ko) (ga-eul)
• Kurdish: payiz (ku) f

  Sorani: پایز (ku)

• Kyrgyz: күз (ky) (küz) 
• Lao: ລະດູໃບໄມ້ຫລົ່ນ (lo) (lādùː bài mâi lōn), ລຶດູໃບໄມ້ຫລົ່ນ (lo) (lɨ̄ dùː bài mâi lōn)
• Latgalian: rudiņs
• Latin: autumnus (la) m
• Latvian: rudens (lv) m

• Lezgi: зул (zul)
• Lithuanian: ruduo (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Hierscht (lb) m
• Macedonian: есен (mk) (ésen) f
• Malay: musim gugur (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: ħarifa (mt)
• Manchu: (bolori)
• Maori: ngahuru (mi)
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шыже (šyže)

• Moksha: сёксе (sjokse)
• Mongolian: намар (mn) (namar) 
• Montagnais: takuatshin
• Navajo: aakʼee
• Northern Sami: čakča
• Norwegian: høst (no) m

  Nynorsk: haust (nn) m

• Occitan: auton (oc) m
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Ossetian: фæззæг (fӕzzӕg)
• Persian: پاییز (fa) (pâyiz), خزان (fa) (xazân)
• Polish: jesień (pl) f
• Portuguese: outono (pt) m
• Punjabi: پت جھڑ (pa), ਪਤਝੜ (pa) (patjhaṛ)
• Romanian: toamnă (ro) f
• Romansch: atun (rm) m, utuon (rm)
• Russian: осень (ru) (ósen’) 
• Sanskrit: शरद (sa) (śarada)
• Sardinian: atonzu (sc), atongiu (sc), atognu (sc)

  Campidanese Sardinian: attonzu

  Gallurese Sardinian: attugnu, ottugnu, vaggjmu

  Logudorese Sardinian: attonzu

• Sassarese Sardinian: attugnu
• Scots: back-end, hairst
• Scottish Gaelic: foghar (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јесен (sh) f

  Roman: jesen (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සරත් ඍතුව (si) (sarat r̥tūva)
• Slovak: jeseň (sk) f
• Slovene: jesén (sl) f
• Spanish: otoño (es) m
• Swahili: vuli (sw), majira ya pukutiko (sw), kipindi cha bubujiko (sw)
• Swedish: höst (sv)
• Tagalog: taglagas (tl)
• Tajik: тирамоҳ (tg) (tiramoh) 
• Tamil: இலையுதிர்காலம் (ta) (ilaiyutirkālam)
• Tatar: көз (tt) (köz)
• Telugu: శరత్కాలం (te) (śaratkālaṁ), ఆకురాలుకాలం (te) (ākurālukālaṁ)
• Thai: ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง (th) (réu-doo-bai-mái-rûang)
• Turkish: sonbahar (tr), güz (tr)
• Turkmen: güýz (tk)
• Udmurt: сӥзьыл
• Ukrainian: осінь (uk) (ósin’) f 
• Urdu: خزان (ur) (xizān, xazān) f, پائيز (ur) (pāʼīz) m
• Uyghur: كۈز (ug)
• Uzbek: kuz (uz)
• Venetian: utuno
• Vietnamese: mùa thu (vi) (務秋 (vi)), thu (vi) (秋 (vi))
• Vilamovian: hiewyst
• Volapük: fluküp (vo)
• Welsh: hydref (cy)
• West Frisian: hjerst (fy)
• Yiddish: האַרבּסט (yi) (harbst) n, אָסיען (yi) (osyen) m
• Zulu: ukwindla (zu) 17, ikwindla (zu) 5/6

Adjective

autumn (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to autumn.

   autumn leaves

Translations

of or relating to autumn

• Armenian: աշնանային (hy) (ašnanayin) 
• Bulgarian: есенен (bg) (esenen)
• Finnish: syksyinen (fi), syksyn (fi) (genitive of the noun)
• German: Herbst- (de), herbstlich (de)
• Icelandic: haust- (is), haustlegur (is) m
• Latvian: rudens (lv) m
• Polish: jesienny (pl) m, jesienna (pl) f, jesienne (pl)

• Russian: осенний (ru) (osénnij) 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јесенски (sh)

  Roman: jesenski (sh)

• Swedish: höst- (sv), höstlig (sv)
• Ukrainian: осінній (uk) (osínnij) 

See also

• Indian summer
• (seasons) season; spring,‎ summer,‎ autumn/‎fall,‎ winter ^{(Category: en:Seasons) [edit]}