winter solstice

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

winter solstice (usually uncountable, plural winter solstices)

1. (astronomy) The point in Earth's orbital path at which either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is maximally tilted away from the Sun.

   Synonym: winter sunstead

   Coordinate terms: autumnal equinox, summer solstice, vernal equinox

Translations

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun

• Ahtna: ticʼeʼaasde dzaenn
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: кышкы кӱн туруш (kïškï kün turuš)

• Bulgarian: зимно слънцестоене n (zimno slăncestoene)
• Burmese: ဆောင်းယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (my) (hcaung:yanycwan:hkyin)
• Catalan: solstici d'hivern m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冬至 (dung¹ zi³), 冬節 / 冬节 (dung¹ zit³)

  Hakka: 冬至 (tûng-chṳ), 冬節 / 冬节 (tûng-chiet)

  Hokkien: 冬至 (zh-min-nan) (tang-chì), 冬節 / 冬节 (tang-cheh, tang-choeh)

  Mandarin: 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì), 冬節 / 冬节 (zh) (dōngjié), 南至 (zh) (nánzhì)

• Czech: zimní slunovrat m
• Danish: vintersolhverv (da) n
• Estonian: talvine pööripäev
• Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus (fi)
• French: solstice d'hiver (fr) m
• Galician: solsticio de inverno (gl) m
• Georgian: ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა (zamtris nabunioba), ზამთრის მზებუდობა (zamtris mzebudoba), ზამთრის მზისდგომა (zamtris mzisdgoma)
• German: Wintersonnenwende (de) f
• Greek: χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο n (cheimerinó iliostásio)
• Hindi: दक्षिणायन (hi) m (dakṣiṇāyan)
• Hungarian: téli napforduló
• Icelandic: vetrarsólstöður f pl, vetrarsólhvörf n pl
• Irish: grianstad an gheimhridh m
• Italian: solstizio d'inverno m
• Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji)
• Kazakh: қысқы күн тоқырауы (qısqı kün toqırawı)
• Korean: 동지(冬至) (ko) (dongji)
• Latin: brūma f
• Māori: te Ihu o Hinetakurua
• Navajo: haigo shá niighááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vintersolverv n

  Nynorsk: vintersolkverv m

• Persian: انقلاب زمستانی (fa)
• Polish: przesilenie zimowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: solstício de inverno m
• Romanian: solstițiu de iarnă n
• Russian: зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние (ru) n (zímneje solncestojánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad geamhraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: краткодневница f, краткодневица f

  Latin: kratkodnevnica f, kratkodnevica (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ශිශිර සූර්ය නිවෘත්තිය (śiśira sūrya niwr̥ttiya)
• Spanish: solsticio de invierno m, solsticio hiemal m, solsticio invernal m, solsticio invernizo m
• Swedish: vintersolstånd (sv) n
• Thai: เหมายัน (th) (hemayan)
• Ukrainian: зимо́ве́ сонцестоя́ння n (zymóvé soncestojánnja)
• Vietnamese: đông chí (vi) (冬至)
• Welsh: byrddydd gaeaf m