winter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 See also 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 West Frisian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Old English winter

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• (UK) IPA: /'wɪntə/, SAMPA: /wInt@/
• (US) enPR: wĭnʹtər, IPA: /'wɪntɚ/, SAMPA: /wInt@`/
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• Rhymes: -ɪntə(r)

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winter (plural winters)

1. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 21 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

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• summer

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to winter (third-person singular simple present winters, present participle wintering, simple past and past participle wintered)

1. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

   When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.

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• Wintered Over Device
• winterer
• wintering

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• Alphagram: einrtw
• twiner

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• IPA: /ˈʋɪn.tɘr/

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winter m. (plural -s /-s/)

1. winter

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• lente
• zomer
• herfst

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[edit] Old English

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From Proto-Germanic *wintra-, probably representing a nasalised variant of Proto-Indo-European *wed- ( > English water, wet). Cognate with Old Frisian winter, Old Saxon winter (Dutch winter), Old High German wintar (German Winter), Old Norse vetr (Swedish vinter) and Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin unda (“‘wave’”) and Lithuanian vanduõ (“‘water’”).

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• IPA: /ˈwinter/

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winter m.

1. winter (the season)

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• IPA: /vĩtər/

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winter c. (pl. winters)

1. winter