winter

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: winner (US, Canada, some dialects)
  • Hyphenation (UK): winter, (US): win‧ter

Noun

winter (countable and uncountable, plural winters)

Winter in Austria
  1. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern 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.
    • a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie."‎[1], London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:
      Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
    • 1592, Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1:
      And after summer evermore succeeds / Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
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    • 1785, William Cowper, “Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools." in The Poems of William Cowper, Vol. II., The Press of C. Whittingham (1822), page 174:
      There shall he learn, ere sixteen winters old, / That [...]
    • 1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles, Vol. I, Longmans, Green and Co. (1914), page 2:
      [...] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, [...]
  2. (figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
    • (Can we date this quote?), William Wordsworth, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
  3. (obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.

Usage notes

Note that season names are not capitalized in modern English except where any noun would be capitalized, e.g. at the beginning of a sentence or as part of a name (Old Man Winter, the Winter War, Summer Glau). This is in contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always capitalized (Thursday or September).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Seasons in English · seasons (layout · text) · category
spring summer autumn, fall winter

Verb

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.
  2. (transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch winter.

Noun

winter (plural winters)

  1. winter

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with German Winter, Dutch winter, English winter, Swedish vinter.

Noun

winter m

  1. (Issime, Carcoforo) winter

See also

Seasons in Alemannic German · Italian Walser (layout · text) · category
Carcoforo: ustog
Formazza: langsé
Gressoney: ustag
Issime: oustaga
Rimella: üstàg 		ŝchummer
summer
sòmmer
summer
ŝchumer 		herbscht
herbscht
herbscht
hérbscht
harpscht 		winter
wénter
wénter
winter
wenter

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch winter, from Old Dutch winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Pronunciation

Noun

winter m (plural winters, diminutive wintertje n)

  1. winter

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: winter

See also

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

winter m

  1. winter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English winter; in turn from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Pronunciation

Noun

winter (plural winteres or winters)

  1. winter

Descendants

See also

Seasons in Middle English · sesounes (layout · text) · category
lenten, spryng somer hervest, autumpne winter

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

winter m

  1. winter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “winter”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ƿinter — wynn spelling

Etymology

From earlier *wintr < *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Old Frisian winter, Old Saxon wintar, Old Dutch winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wintrus).

Pronunciation

Noun

winter m

  1. winter
  2. year

Declension

Declension of winter (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative winter wintras
accusative winter wintras
genitive wintres wintra
dative wintre, wintra wintrum

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Seasons in Old English · tīde (layout · text) · category
lencten (“spring”) sumor (“summer”) hærfest (“autumn”) winter (“winter”)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

winter (plural winters)

  1. winter

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Pronunciation

Noun

winter c (plural winters, diminutive winterke)

  1. winter

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “winter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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