wintry

English

Etymology

contraction of winter + -y

Alternative forms

• wintery

Adjective

wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest)

1. suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy
2. aged, white(-haired etc.)
3. chilling, cheerless

Synonyms

• (suggestive or characteristic of winter): brumal, hibernal, hiemal

Derived terms

• unwintry
• wintrify
• wintrily
• wintriness
• wintry mix
• wintry shower

Translations

suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy

• Armenian: ձմեռային (hy) (jmeṙayin)
• Cornish: gwavek (kw)
• Czech: mrazivý (cs), ledový (cs)
• Finnish: talvinen (fi)
• French: hivernal (fr), hibernal (fr)
• German: winterlich (de)
• Italian: invernale (it)
• Lithuanian: žiemiškas (lt) m, žiemiška (lt) f
• Manx: geuragh (gv)
• Norwegian: vinterlig (no)

• Polish: zimowy (pl)
• Portuguese: hibernal (pt), invernal (pt), invernoso (pt)
• Russian: холодный (ru) (xolodnyj), зимний (ru) (zimnij)
• Scottish Gaelic: geamhradail (gd), geamhrachail (gd)
• Spanish: invernal (es)
• Swahili: -a baridi sana (sw)
• Swedish: vintrig (sv)
• Welsh: gaeafol (cy)

aged, white(-haired etc.)

• Russian: седой (ru) (sedoj)

chilling, cheerless

• Russian: унылый, неприветливый

• Welsh: oer (cy), oeraidd (cy)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967