automne
French
Etymology
From Old French automne, autompne, probably later borrowed from Latin autumnus. The rural and popular term for autumn was après août (“after August”).
Pronunciation
Noun
automne m (plural automnes)
Related terms
See also
Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text) · category | |||
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printemps (“spring”) | été (“summer”) | automne (“autumn”) | hiver (“winter”) |
Further reading
- “automne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Latin autumnus.
Noun
automne oblique singular, m (oblique plural automnes, nominative singular automnes, nominative plural automne)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (automne, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “automne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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