outono

Galician

Outono (Paderne, O Courel, Galicia)

Outono (O Courel, Galicia)

Alternative forms

• autono

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin autumnus (“autumn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /owˈtono/ [owˈt̪o.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: ou‧to‧no

Noun

outono m (plural outonos)

1. autumn (season)
2. harvest
3. October

   Synonym: outubro

4. fresh grass which grows after hay is collected
5. (figuratively) a waning

Derived terms

• outoniño

See also

Seasons in Galician · estacións (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	estío, verán (“summer”)	outono (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “outono”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “outono”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “outono”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “outono”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “outono”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• outomno (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese outono, from Latin autumnus (“autumn”). Cognate with Galician outono, Spanish otoño, Occitan auton, French automne, Italian autunno and Romanian toamnă.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈtõ.nu/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈtõ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈtõ.nu/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈtõ.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈto.no/ [o(ʊ̯)ˈto.no]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈto.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈto.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /owˈto.nu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /oˈto.nu/

• Hyphenation: ou‧to‧no

Noun

outono m (plural outonos)

1. autumn
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 138:

     Não imaginas, querida amiga, como hoje é doce e tranquillo o meu outomno!

     You can’t conceive, dear friend, how sweet and calm my autumn is!

See also

Seasons in Portuguese · estações, sazões (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”)	verão (“summer”)	outono (“autumn”)	inverno (“winter”)

Further reading

• “outono”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026