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English

Alternative forms

• Winter

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?/, enPR: w?n?t?r
  • IPA^(key): [?w????], [?w?nt??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?w?nt??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?(?)
• Homophone: winner (US, Canada, some dialects)
• Hyphenation (UK): winter, (US): win?ter

Noun

winter (countable and uncountable, plural winters)

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.
   • 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.
3. (countable, fashion) Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
4. (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 unless at the beginning of a sentence, for example, I can't wait for spring to arrive. Exceptions occur when the season is personified, as in Old Man Winter, is used as part of a name, as in the Winter War, or is used as a given name, as in Summer Glau. This is in contrast to the days of the week and months of the year, which are always capitalized (Thursday or September).

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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).

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

Derived terms

• overwinter
• Wintered Over Device
• winterer
• wintering

Translations

Anagrams

• Trewin, twiner

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n.t?r/

Noun

winter (plural winters)

1. winter

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• wenter, wénter

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

References

• “winter” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???n.t?r/
• Hyphenation: win?ter
• Rhymes: -?nt?r

Noun

winter m (plural winters, diminutive wintertje n)

1. winter

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: winter
• ? Sranan Tongo: wenter

See also

• (seasons) seizoen, jaargetijde; lente/voorjaar, zomer, herfst/najaar, winter ^{(Category: nl:Seasons)}

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

• wintersch
• middewinter
• wintercoude
• winterdach

Descendants

• Dutch: winter
  • Afrikaans: winter
  • ? Sranan Tongo: wenter
• Limburgish: wintjer

Further reading

• “winter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “winter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wintere, wintre, wynter

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wint?r/

Noun

winter (plural winteres or winters)

1. winter

Descendants

• English: winter
• Scots: winter
• Yola: wonter

See also

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

winter m

1. winter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: winter
  • Dutch: winter
    • Afrikaans: winter
    • ? Sranan Tongo: wenter
  • Limburgish: wintjer

Further reading

• “winter”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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 ???????????????????????????? (wintrus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?win.ter/

Noun

winter m

1. winter
2. year

Declension

Derived terms

• -wintre

Descendants

• Middle English: winter, wintere, wintre, wynter
  • English: winter
  • Scots: winter
  • Yola: wonter

See also

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

• IPA^(key): /?v?nt?r/

Noun

winter c (plural winters, diminutive winterke)

1. winter

Derived terms

• wintermoanne

Further reading

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