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

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔn/

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Noun

automne m (plural automnes)

1. autumn, fall

Related terms

• automnal

See also

Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text) · category
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

• Mantoue

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Old French

Alternative forms

• amptone
• auptonne
• autonne
• autompne

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin autumnus.

Noun

automne oblique singular, m (oblique plural automnes, nominative singular automnes, nominative plural automne)

1. autumn

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (automne, supplement)
• Etymology and history of “automne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.