Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.18wmf1 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Thread Thread talk Summary Summary talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk Citations Citations talk Sign gloss Sign gloss talk 661 1033 2002-12-18T20:15:40Z Dhum Dhum 19 ===Meanings=== '''nl:, en:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translantions=== *fr: [[hiver]] 1035 2002-12-18T20:19:24Z Dhum Dhum 19 ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *fr: [[hiver]] 1055 2002-12-18T20:34:39Z Youssefsan 22 es: ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *es: [[invierno]] *fr: [[hiver]] 1071 2002-12-18T23:31:28Z 212.198.0.93 et: ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *es: [[invierno]] *et: talv *fr: [[hiver]] 1434 2002-12-19T03:55:26Z Danny 50 ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *es: [[invierno]] *et: talv *fr: [[hiver]] *he: חורף 1439 2002-12-26T00:54:54Z 217.81.26.10 de ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *de: Winter *es: [[invierno]] *et: talv *fr: [[hiver]] *he: חורף 1482 2002-12-26T03:42:55Z Danny 50 yiddish ===Meanings=== '''en, nl:''' Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *de: Winter *es: [[invierno]] *et: talv *fr: [[hiver]] *he: חורף *yi: װינטער 1497 2002-12-26T19:56:40Z Dhum Dhum 19 Albanian, Basque ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *de: [[Winter]] *es: [[invierno]] *et: [[talv]] *eu: [[negu]] *fr: [[hiver]] *he: [[חורף]] *nl: [[winter]] *sq: [[dinër]] *yi: [[װינטער]] 1498 2002-12-26T22:48:05Z Dhum Dhum 19 Portuguese ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *de: [[Winter]] *es: [[invierno]] *et: [[talv]] *eu: [[negu]] *fr: [[hiver]] *he: [[חורף]] *nl: [[winter]] *pt: [[inverno]] *sq: [[dinër]] *yi: [[װינטער]] 1513 2002-12-26T22:49:26Z Dhum Dhum 19 Maori ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *de: [[Winter]] *es: [[invierno]] *et: [[talv]] *eu: [[negu]] *fr: [[hiver]] *he: [[חורף]] *mi: [[takurua]] *nl: [[winter]] *pt: [[inverno]] *sq: [[dinër]] *yi: [[װינטער]] 1539 2002-12-27T10:34:03Z Dhum Dhum 19 full language links ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. ===Translations=== *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] 1540 2002-12-27T20:15:15Z 24.43.199.101 ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. Usually marked by the applicable [[hemisphere]] of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in in short days and the typically coldest time period for the region. ===Translations=== *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] 1545 2002-12-27T20:16:37Z 24.43.199.101 ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. Usually marked by the applicable [[hemisphere]] of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ===Translations=== *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] 1612 2002-12-27T20:21:36Z 24.43.199.101 ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, normally from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20. Usually marked by the applicable [[hemisphere]] of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ===Translations=== *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] 1627 2002-12-28T08:45:57Z Dhum Dhum 19 N / S Hemisphere ===Meanings=== # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ===Translations=== *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] 1631 2002-12-28T15:02:46Z Branko 62 Dutch and German 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 1640 2002-12-28T15:50:24Z Danny 50 Czech, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Irish, Norwegian, Romanian, Turkish 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 1644 2002-12-28T16:29:57Z Kpjas 14 +pl: 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] * [[Polish]]: [[zima]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 1752 2002-12-28T16:33:04Z Danny 50 croatian 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Croatian: [[zima]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] * [[Polish]]: [[zima]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 2041 2002-12-30T00:03:48Z Danny 50 transliteration 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Croatian: [[zima]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: [[winter]] *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: [[Winter]] *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] * [[Polish]]: [[zima]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 2858 2003-01-06T01:24:56Z Ellmist 31 remove self-links 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Croatian: [[zima]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: Winter (on this page) *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] * [[Polish]]: [[zima]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3005 2003-02-07T00:11:29Z 217.0.84.227 + kr jp 'win-ter /wInt@/ === Meanings === # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. === Translations === *[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Croatian: [[zima]] *[[Czech]]: [[zima]] *[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] *[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) *[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] *[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] *[[French]]: [[hiver]] *[[German]]: Winter (on this page) *[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] *[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] *[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) *[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] *[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] * [[Polish]]: [[zima]] *[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] *[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] *[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] *[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3012 2003-02-10T21:30:28Z InfoSlave 101 Frisian translation. Reformat. 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== # ''noun'', ''plural'' -s, Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*Croatian: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) === Dutch === 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. === German === 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3013 2003-02-10T23:00:51Z Eclecticology 28 small format change ===Pronunciation== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. :Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*Croatian: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3052 2003-02-10T23:01:53Z Eclecticology 28 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*Croatian: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3054 2003-02-12T18:40:14Z 130.238.5.5 added Swedish ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*Croatian: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3066 2003-02-12T19:37:49Z 62.60.61.247 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3229 2003-02-13T10:29:54Z Odin 132 Added Icelandic word ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3311 2003-02-16T17:15:06Z Chuck SMITH 36 eo: ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3357 2003-02-18T20:30:09Z Youssefsan 22 atomic winter (#:* perhaps should we make it simpier) ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3361 2003-02-19T20:20:02Z 195.241.218.37 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[????]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[?]] (??;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[??]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:* [[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kis¸]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[??????]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 3373 2003-02-19T21:35:20Z InfoSlave 101 Recovered Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Yiddish ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' ???, winter. 5829 2003-02-20T10:45:39Z 217.228.25.131 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 6372 2003-03-18T23:21:27Z Fonzy 9 +Welsh ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 7173 2003-03-30T21:52:16Z Polyglot 183 added word gender ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 15843 2003-04-13T02:57:34Z ILVI 154 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 15846 2003-07-08T14:45:58Z T42 308 + ru ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] (ふゆ;huyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 19147 2003-07-08T14:50:43Z Petruk 210 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 20348 2003-08-15T01:28:55Z Nanshu 394 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 32366 2003-08-29T15:40:24Z Tyrw 423 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 34738 2003-12-05T18:24:22Z Paul G 654 Added Italian translation ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 48789 2003-12-13T23:18:23Z 195.93.33.8 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*[[Swedish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 59465 2004-02-25T17:46:49Z Ces 895 sv++ ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 78934 2004-04-13T22:33:58Z 128.187.0.165 +fa ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kiş]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 78939 2004-06-28T05:58:15Z 219.173.119.31 /* [[Noun]] */ ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kış]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 78945 2004-06-28T06:44:20Z Vladisdead 911 ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===[[Noun]]=== Plural: winters #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. #:'''Translations''' #:*[[Albanian]]: [[dinër]] #:*[[Basque]]: [[negu]] #:*[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où #:*[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' #:*[[Croatian]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Czech]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Danish]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Dutch]]: winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] #:*[[Estonian]]: [[talv]] #:*[[Finnish]]: [[talvi]] #:*[[French]]: [[hiver]] ''m'' #:*[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) #:*[[German]]: Winter ''m'' (on this page) #:*[[Hebrew]]: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) #:*[[Hungarian]]: [[tél]] #:*[[Icelandic]]: [[vetur]] #:*[[Indonesian]]: [[musim dingin]] #:*[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] #:*[[Italian]]: [[inverno]] ''m'' #:*[[Irish]]: [[Geimhreadh]] #:*[[Japanese]]: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) #:*[[Korean]]: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) #:*[[Latin]]: [[hiems]] ''f'' #:*[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] #:*[[Mäori]]: [[takurua]] #:*[[Norwegian]]: [[vinter]] #:*[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) #:*[[Polish]]: [[zima]] #:*[[Portuguese]]: [[inverno]] #:*[[Romanian]]: [[iarna]] #:*[[Russian]]: [[зима]] #:*[[Spanish]]: [[invierno]] ''m'' #:*Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' #:*[[Turkish]]: [[kış]] #;*[[Welsh]]: [[Gaeaf]] #:*[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ==Related words== *[[atomic winter]] *[[fimbulwinter]] ---- == Dutch == 'win-ter /wInt@R/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' -s /-s/, winter. ---- == German == 'Win-ter /???/, ''masculine noun'', ''plural'' , winter. 87148 2004-06-28T08:21:18Z Hippietrail 671 fmt; +ant & rel; nl & de may need work ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] 113519 2004-07-27T11:16:55Z 213.250.62.234 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] 121420 2004-11-01T09:16:31Z 81.7.114.71 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] 123893 2004-11-26T17:21:02Z 200.180.188.46 [[pt:winter]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[pt:winter]] 160660 2004-12-03T12:13:25Z Fido 2942 /* German */ format of german meaning + link to german wiktionary ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[de:Winter]] 169105 2005-02-18T12:32:55Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding:ro,la ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] 180398 2005-03-08T16:58:14Z 130.232.114.217 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] 196215 2005-04-04T12:45:10Z 80.65.83.8 ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] 213579 2005-04-25T10:26:14Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding:fi,nl,fr ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[fr:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 242448 2005-05-24T09:27:44Z ConanBot 4957 +[[Category:1000 English basic words]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[fr:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] 470903 2005-06-30T01:34:05Z Conversion script [[Winter]] moved to [[winter]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- == German == ===Noun=== '''Winter''' ''m'' # [[winter]] [[de:Winter]] [[fr:Winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] 499057 2005-07-09T18:32:33Z GerardM 727 ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] [[nl:winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] 560282 2005-08-21T14:02:37Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: ar, fi, io, it, la, pt, ro ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 561464 2005-08-22T01:36:36Z Tedius Zanarukando 546 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 561476 2005-08-22T01:38:49Z Tedius Zanarukando 546 /* Translations */ Chinese ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== *[[fimbulwinter]] *[[midwinter]] *[[wintery]] *[[atomic winter]] ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *[[Chinese]]: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 570778 2005-08-29T16:39:10Z 62.147.36.86 /* Related words */ updated * [[atomic winter]] ---> * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *[[Chinese]]: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 584815 2005-09-10T12:40:16Z 81.15.146.91 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *[[Chinese]]: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] {{mid}} *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 584823 2005-09-10T12:45:05Z 81.15.146.91 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *[[Chinese]]: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] {{mid}} *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'',, [[hibernus]] *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 584825 2005-09-10T12:46:06Z 81.15.146.91 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *[[Bosnian]]: [[zima]] ''f'' *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *[[Chinese]]: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] {{mid}} *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 590854 2005-09-17T00:42:34Z Dijan 5259 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] 602131 2005-09-24T16:11:45Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: uk ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:Winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 605510 2005-09-26T22:39:12Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Modifying: fi ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 646152 2005-11-01T19:34:07Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: ja Removing: ar ==English== ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 662340 2005-11-14T16:55:15Z Widsith 6763 ==English== ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dinër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 663224 2005-11-15T14:57:30Z 216.239.55.7 /* Translations */ ==English== ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 682505 2005-11-28T23:37:42Z GutenBot 7726 Robot: Automated text replacement (-==English==\r\n== +==English==\r\n\r\n{{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}}\r\n\r\n==) ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 690356 2005-12-04T23:06:08Z Cl 8617 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dongtian) *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 697558 2005-12-11T17:20:18Z Blastu 4064 ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); (冬季) dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 697559 2005-12-11T17:20:30Z Blastu 4064 ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 706294 2005-12-19T03:27:39Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: de ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] ''m'' -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] ''m'' *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] *Czech: [[zima]] *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: winter ''m'' (on this page) *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] ''m'' *[[Frisian]]: winter (on this page) *German: Winter ''m'' (on this page) *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] ''m'' *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] ''f'', [[hibernus]] ''m'' *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] ''f'' *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: [[زِمِستان]] (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] ''f'' *Spanish: [[invierno]] ''m'' *Swedish: [[vinter]] ''c'' *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 707314 2005-12-19T20:07:35Z Dijan 5259 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}} -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 715099 2005-12-28T01:27:42Z Hégésippe Cormier 7932 /* Translations */ + scn ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}} -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] 789516 2006-02-02T11:52:57Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: fr, hu, ko, zh ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}} -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 798878 2006-02-06T01:37:17Z 81.208.74.180 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Basque: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *Catalan: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬季]] (dōng-jì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *Frisian: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *Interlingua: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Manchu: [[tuweri]] *Maori: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 800415 2006-02-06T15:24:01Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 Reverted edit of 81.208.74.180, changed back to last version by RobotGMwikt ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ [[IPA]]: /'wɪntə/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ([[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]] resulting in short days and the typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}} -où *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōng tiān); [[冬季]] dōng jì *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *[[Esperanto]]: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (cheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (KHO-ref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *[[Persian]]: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] *Portuguese: [[inverno]] *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zima) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Latin: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *{{uk}}: [[зима]] (zym'''a''') {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (VIN-ter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 839779 2006-02-20T11:19:41Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 /* English */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related words==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (kheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- == Dutch == ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 840958 2006-02-21T07:05:42Z Connel MacKenzie 2657 minor fmt, ===Hdr===, dewikify common langs ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (kheimónas) *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian: *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 842671 2006-02-22T08:29:36Z 81.208.74.180 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 872428 2006-03-10T06:28:50Z Yyy 11503 /* Translations */ Latvian ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 876932 2006-03-12T18:25:35Z Chaduvari 6243 /* Translations */ +Telugu ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *{{te}}: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:Winter]] [[io:Winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:Winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:Winter]] [[ro:Winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[uk:Winter]] [[zh:Winter]] 885372 2006-03-14T04:06:01Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: ar, el, ru, ta Modifying: io, ko, la, pt, ro, uk, zh ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *{{te}}: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 930003 2006-03-25T15:33:32Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: id ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *{{te}}: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 941739 2006-04-01T23:22:20Z EncycloPetey 7752 + cat ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *{{te}}: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 966898 2006-04-12T01:33:31Z Connel MacKenzie 2657 {{subst:lang}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] {{mid}} *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 984169 2006-04-20T19:04:49Z Hippietrail 671 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 987131 2006-04-21T23:20:36Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Removing: el ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1001343 2006-04-27T15:39:06Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: sr ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1013845 2006-05-04T07:31:43Z Dvortygirl 542 verb sense, audio ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1157087 2006-06-20T10:12:05Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: hy ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1162360 2006-06-22T07:58:21Z NERIUM 13678 /* Noun */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1255802 2006-07-21T04:08:53Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: vi ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1309814 2006-08-08T15:42:17Z ScsRhymeBot 16032 edited by robot: added English rhyme ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1351149 2006-08-22T06:25:06Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: simple ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1648938 2006-10-11T19:39:17Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[kk:winter]] ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] [çiˈmo̞nas] {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1840972 2006-11-29T16:15:32Z 81.208.74.180 /* Translations */ ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== Old English [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== '''winter''' (''plural:'' [[winters]]) #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== '''winter''' #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1856441 2006-12-04T19:16:20Z 16@r 20626 templates {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1874168 2006-12-11T05:58:16Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[fa:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1909414 2006-12-27T12:52:23Z 86.200.148.232 /* Related terms */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān); [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarna]] *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[Gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1950451 2007-01-10T04:05:31Z 212.29.160.170 /* Translations */ corrected Welsh and Romanian {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1957176 2007-01-13T08:18:19Z BONGU SEAN 28026 {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1960578 2007-01-14T19:19:22Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[tr:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1962842 2007-01-15T13:25:36Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[br:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1972439 2007-01-17T17:12:01Z Dany89 28339 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 1980215 2007-01-19T19:56:18Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[pl:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2036248 2007-02-01T20:48:55Z 72.178.44.126 added another japanese translation my resource is wikipedia article Hitsugaya {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu, tōshirō) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2041376 2007-02-04T04:23:24Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/72.178.44.126|72.178.44.126]] ([[User_talk:72.178.44.126|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2070614 2007-02-08T03:27:34Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[es:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2112203 2007-02-16T03:57:04Z ÀrdRuadh21 24604 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Scots Gaelic: [[Geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2179510 2007-03-07T02:42:44Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[ast:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Scots Gaelic: [[Geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2199930 2007-03-12T12:21:59Z UllmannBot 23360 translations -Scots Gaelic +Scottish Gaelic {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[Geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2199970 2007-03-12T12:28:36Z Robert Ullmann 14714 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/UllmannBot|UllmannBot]] ([[User_talk:UllmannBot|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *Scots Gaelic: [[Geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2199996 2007-03-12T12:34:00Z UllmannBot 23360 translations -Scots Gaelic +Scottish Gaelic {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[Geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[Geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2259628 2007-03-30T01:28:39Z ÀrdRuadh21 24604 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2291253 2007-04-08T18:31:54Z Arne List 19777 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2346010 2007-04-26T19:15:07Z RobotGMwikt 3478 robot Adding: [[zh-min-nan:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2374366 2007-05-05T13:33:38Z Dick Laurent 18449 {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} #Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2374379 2007-05-05T13:53:54Z AutoFormat 32732 category 1000 English basic words moved to English section {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]] *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2444409 2007-05-26T02:33:35Z Gbeebani 34492 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2574948 2007-06-19T15:41:00Z Erl 3789 /* Pronunciation */ Added bullet before IPA pronunciation {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חורף]] (khóref) *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2595547 2007-06-24T08:41:22Z 84.95.81.187 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2735555 2007-07-19T22:00:02Z 64.187.65.229 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2804785 2007-08-04T13:59:18Z 83.67.10.48 /* Noun */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} The season of Christmas. # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2804808 2007-08-04T14:08:35Z SemperBlotto 3336 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/83.67.10.48|83.67.10.48]] ([[User_talk:83.67.10.48|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:64.187.65.229|64.187.65.229]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian :Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} :Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 2804871 2007-08-04T14:30:37Z AutoFormat 32732 -: +*: in trans {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3134275 2007-10-06T00:17:31Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +el, fy, te {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} [[winter#Old English|winter]]. ===Pronunciation=== 'win-ter /wInt@/ *{{IPA|/'wɪntə/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *Rhymes: [[Rhymes:English:-ɪntə(r)|-ɪntə(r)]] ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Related terms==== * [[fimbulwinter]] * [[midwinter]] * [[wintery]] * [[nuclear winter]], [[atomic winter]] <!-- "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter sport]] ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # To [[spend]] the [[winter]]. #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) 'win-ter /wInt@R/ # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English [[water]], [[wet]]). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German [[Winter]]), Old Norse [[vetr]] (Swedish [[vinter]]), Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin [[unda]] ‘wave’, Lithuanian [[vanduo|vanduõ]] ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== [[IPA]]: /'winter/ ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # the coldest season of the year; [[winter#English|winter]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3139769 2007-10-06T09:09:38Z Paul G 654 fmt; +enPR & US pron; rel -> der and added many more; +rel; +intransitive tag to v; rfp for OE and Dutch {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} ''[[winter#Old English|winter]]'' ===Pronunciation=== *{{italbrac|UK}}: {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{italbrac|US}}: {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]]<!-- [[atomic winter]] "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") -->w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] *[[Winter Hexagon]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] *[[winter-run fish]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #{{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English '''[[water]]''', '''[[wet]]'''). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German ''[[Winter]]''), Old Norse ''[[vetr]]'' (Swedish ''[[vinter]]'') and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin ''[[unda]]'' ‘wave’ and Lithuanian ''[[vanduo|vanduõ]]'' ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' #[[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3139817 2007-10-06T09:26:18Z Paul G 654 /* Derived terms */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} ''[[winter#Old English|winter]]'' ===Pronunciation=== *{{italbrac|UK}}: {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{italbrac|US}}: {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]]<!-- [[atomic winter]] "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] *[[Winter Hexagon]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] *[[winter-run fish]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *[[Kurdish]]: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *Sicilian: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *[[Yiddish]]: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} #{{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English '''[[water]]''', '''[[wet]]'''). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German ''[[Winter]]''), Old Norse ''[[vetr]]'' (Swedish ''[[vinter]]'') and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin ''[[unda]]'' ‘wave’ and Lithuanian ''[[vanduo|vanduõ]]'' ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' #[[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3139837 2007-10-06T09:30:53Z AutoFormat 32732 trans link [[Sicilian]], trans unlink Kurdish, trans unlink Yiddish {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} ''[[winter#Old English|winter]]'' ===Pronunciation=== *{{italbrac|UK}}: {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{italbrac|US}}: {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]]<!-- [[atomic winter]] "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] *[[Winter Hexagon]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] *[[winter-run fish]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English '''[[water]]''', '''[[wet]]'''). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch [[winter#Dutch|winter]]), Old High German [[wintar]] (German ''[[Winter]]''), Old Norse ''[[vetr]]'' (Swedish ''[[vinter]]'') and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin ''[[unda]]'' ‘wave’ and Lithuanian ''[[vanduo|vanduõ]]'' ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3140150 2007-10-06T10:26:23Z Paul G 654 /* Old English */ italicised etymons that use the Latin alphabet {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} ''[[winter#Old English|winter]]'' ===Pronunciation=== *{{italbrac|UK}}: {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{italbrac|US}}: {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]]<!-- [[atomic winter]] "nuclear winter" is 1000 times more used in the literature (cf. also Google, especially when you filter out all duplicate results about the song "atomic winter") --> *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] *[[Winter Hexagon]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] *[[winter-run fish]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English '''[[water]]''', '''[[wet]]'''). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch ''[[winter#Dutch|winter]]''), Old High German ''[[wintar]]'' (German ''[[Winter]]''), Old Norse ''[[vetr]]'' (Swedish ''[[vinter]]'') and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin ''[[unda]]'' ‘wave’ and Lithuanian ''[[vanduo|vanduõ]]'' ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3140204 2007-10-06T10:33:48Z Paul G 654 /* Derived terms */ +"atomic winter" {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} ''[[winter#Old English|winter]]'' ===Pronunciation=== *{{italbrac|UK}}: {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{italbrac|US}}: {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{top}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic ''*wintra-'', probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European ''*wed-, *aud-'' ‘water’ (English '''[[water]]''', '''[[wet]]'''). Cognate with Old Frisian ''winter'', Old Saxon ''winter'' (Dutch ''[[winter#Dutch|winter]]''), Old High German ''[[wintar]]'' (German ''[[Winter]]''), Old Norse ''[[vetr]]'' (Swedish ''[[vinter]]'') and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin ''[[unda]]'' ‘wave’ and Lithuanian ''[[vanduo|vanduõ]]'' ‘water’. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== '''winter''' ''m'' # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3147169 2007-10-07T16:59:33Z Rodasmith 5312 minimize {{italbrac}} {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] *[[winter-clad]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3243597 2007-11-03T08:16:25Z Paul G 654 /* Derived terms */ two more {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) {{rfp}}<!--this is not in a standard pronunciation scheme: 'win-ter /wInt@R/--> # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3341344 2007-11-24T16:11:30Z AugPi 2671 /* Dutch */ IPA {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3534893 2008-01-08T17:37:49Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +ku, oc {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3572901 2008-01-15T06:04:39Z VolkovBot 41045 robot Adding: [[lt:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3599007 2008-01-19T02:10:32Z 85.53.128.198 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} *{{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} *{{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *{{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== *[[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} *[[AI winter]] *[[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] *[[atomic winter]] *[[Austrian winter pea]] *[[beady-legged winter horse tick]] *[[bewinter]] *[[blackberry winter]] *[[blackthorn winter]] *[[buy straw hats in winter]] *[[Chinese winter squash]] *[[dogwood winter]] *[[early winter cress]] *[[East Indian winter jet]] *[[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] *[[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] *[[Fimbulwinter]] *[[forwintered]] *[[General winter]] *[[impact winter]] *[[in-winter]] *[[Kondratiev winter]] *[[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] *[[love-in-winter]] *[[Madeira winter cherry]] *[[meteorological winter]] *[[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] *[[nuclear winter]] *[[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] *[[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] *[[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] *[[overwinter]] *[[rere-winter]] *[[Russian winter]] *[[Soviet winter]] *[[Spencer's winter vomiting]] *[[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[twinter]] *[[unwinter]] *[[volcanic winter]] *[[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] *[[wild winterpea]] *[[winter aconite]] *[[winterage]], [[winteridge]] *[[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> *[[winter annual]] *[[winter apple]] *[[winter barley]] *[[winter-beaten]] *[[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] *[[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] *[[winter break]] *[[winter bud]] *[[winter bunting]] *[[winter carnival]] *[[winter cherry]] *[[Winter Circle]] *[[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-clad]] *[[winter-close]] *[[winter clover]] *[[winter cluster]] *[[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] *[[winter coat]] *[[winter corn]] *[[winter cough]] *[[winter count]] *[[winter country]] *[[winter-crack]] *[[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] *[[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] *[[winter crop]] *[[winter currant]] *[[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> *[[winter depression]] *[[winter duck]] *[[winter dysentery]] *[[winter eczema]] *[[wintered]] *[[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] *[[winter egg]] *[[winter falcon]] *[[winter fallow]] *[[winter fat]] *[[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] *[[winter fern]] *[[Winterfest]] *[[winter fever]] *[[winter finch]] *[[winter flounder]] *[[winter-flower]] *[[winter flowering cherry]] *[[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] *[[Winter Games]] *[[winter garden]] *[[winter gillyflower]] *[[winter gnat]] *[[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> *[[winter greens]] *[[winter-ground]] *[[winter guard]] *[[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] *[[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> *[[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] *[[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] *[[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] *[[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] *[[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] *[[winter hawk]] *[[winter hazel]] *[[winter heath]] *[[winter heliotrope]] *[[winter hellebore]] *[[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[Winter Hexagon]] *[[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] *[[winter holidays]] *[[winter-house]] *[[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> *[[winterim]] *[[winterise]], [[winterize]] *[[winterish]] *[[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] *[[winter itch]] *[[winter jasmine]] *[[winter-killed]] *[[w:Winter King|Winter King]] *[[winterless]] *[[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] *[[winterling]] *[[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] *[[winter-long]] *[[winter-love]] *[[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> *[[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] *[[winter marjoram]] *[[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] *[[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] *[[winter midge]] *[[winter monsoon]] *[[winter moth]] *[[winter mushroom]] *[[winter oats]] *[[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] *[[winter oil]] *[[winter-old]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] *[[winter ova]] *[[winter packet]] *[[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] *[[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] *[[winter peach]] *[[winter pear]] *[[winter-pick]] *[[winter-piece]] *[[winter-pride]] *[[winter-pround]] *[[winter purslane]] *[[winter quarters]] *[[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] *[[winter queening]] *[[winter range]] *[[winter rape]] *[[winter redbird]] *[[winter-rig]] *[[winter road]] *[[winter rocket]] *[[winter rose]] *[[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} *[[winter-run fish]] *[[winter rye]] *[[winters]]<!--adverb--> *[[winter savory]] *[[winter scours]] *[[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] *[[winter sheldrake]] *[[winter sleep]] *[[winter sleeper]] *[[winter snipe]] *[[winter solstice]] *[[wintersome]] *[[winter sport]] *[[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] *[[winter squash]] *[[winter-stall]] *[[winter storm]] *[[winter story]] *[[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] *[[winter strawberry]] *[[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] *[[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] *[[winter sweet marjoram]] *[[winter tale]] *[[winter teal]] *[[winter-thorn]] *[[winter tick]] *[[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] *[[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] *[[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] *[[Winter Triangle]] *[[winter urn]] *[[winter vacation]] *[[Winterval]] *[[w:Winterville|Winterville]] *[[winter visitor]] *[[winter vomiting disease]] *[[winter wagtail]] *[[w:Winter War|Winter War]] *[[winterward]] *[[winterwards]] *[[winter warfare]] *[[winter wash]] *[[winter weather advisory]] *[[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] *[[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] *[[winter wheat]] *[[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] *[[winter white Russian hamster]] *[[winter wicket]] *[[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] *[[winter worm]] *[[winter worm summer grass]] *[[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> *[[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} *''[[Canella winterana]]'' *''[[Drimys winteri]]'' *''[[Hildewintera]]'' *''[[Pseudowintera]]'' *[[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> *''[[Wintera]]'' *''[[Winteraceae]]'' *''[[Winterales]]'' *[[winteran]] *[[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} *[[wintergreen]] *''[[Winteria]]'' *[[winterly]] *''[[Winterocereus]]'' *''[[Winteroideae]]'' *[[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] *[[Winter's cinnamon]] *[[Winter's syndrome]] *[[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} *Albanian: [[dimër]] *Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) *[[Basque]]: [[negu]] *Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} *[[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} *Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) *Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} *Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} *Danish: [[vinter]] *Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} *Esperanto: [[vintro]] *Estonian: [[talv]] *Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Finnish: [[talvi]] *French: [[hiver]] {{m}} *[[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * Galician: [[inverno]] {{m}} *German: [[Winter]] {{m}} *Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} *Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} *Hungarian: [[tél]] *Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} *Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] *[[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] *Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Irish: [[geimhreadh]] *Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} *Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) *Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} *Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} *Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} *Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} *Maltese: [[xitwa]] *[[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] *[[Māori]]: [[takurua]] *Navajo: [[hai]] *Norwegian: [[vinter]] *Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] *Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) *Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} *Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} *Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} *Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} *[[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} *Serbian *:Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *:Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} *[[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] *Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} *Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} *Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} *[[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) *Turkish: [[kış]] *Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} *Uzbek: [[qish]] *Welsh: [[gaeaf]] *Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #:''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== *[[Wintered Over Device]] *[[winterer]] *[[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3599864 2008-01-19T04:30:58Z AutoFormat 32732 trans link [[Galician]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} * Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} * Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} * Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian *: Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From Germanic *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of Indo-European *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 3854890 2008-03-02T12:02:29Z Thryduulf 5743 /* Etymology */ templates {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} * Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} * Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} * Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian *: Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{Ger.|ang}} *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{PIE.|ang}} *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4005809 2008-03-23T19:09:00Z VolkovBot 41045 robot Adding: [[no:winter]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} * Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} * Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} * Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian *: Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{Ger.|ang}} *{{term||wintra-}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{PIE.|ang}} *{{term||wed-}}, *{{term||aud-|water}} (English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{rfp}}<!--Unlikely to be correct: [[IPA]]: /ˈwinter/--> ===Noun=== {{infl|ang|noun|gender=m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4111190 2008-04-14T17:42:10Z Widsith 6763 /* Old English */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Bosnian: [[zima#Bosnian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: [[zima]] {{f}} * Czech: [[zima]] {{f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: [[hiems]] {{f}}, [[hibernus]] {{m}} * Latvian: [[ziema]] {{f}} * Lithuanian: [[žiema]] {{f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{FAchar|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * Polish: [[zima]] {{f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian *: Cyrillic: [[зима#Serbian|зима]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[zima#Serbian|zima]] {{f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovene: [[zima]] {{f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: [[зима]] (zymá) {{f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4111337 2008-04-14T18:17:37Z Ivan Štambuk 42855 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{ARchar|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) {{trans-mid}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * Polabian: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4111622 2008-04-14T19:54:42Z AutoFormat 32732 added : after Serbian in translations, script template -ARchar +Arab, sorted/rebalanced translations, trans link [[Polabian]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4113986 2008-04-15T12:50:06Z Robert Ullmann 14714 fix link -[[Hemisphere]] +[[hemisphere]] {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4124400 2008-04-17T10:51:53Z DerbethBot 48857 added audio Nl-winter.ogg {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== *{{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4496970 2008-04-27T20:45:17Z Snakesteuben 54002 Conform to new categories {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== *{{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4520134 2008-05-04T12:17:35Z Snakesteuben 54002 Conform to new categories {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== *{{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4520217 2008-05-04T12:39:40Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: [[dimër]] * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t|be|зіма|f}} * Bosnian: {{t|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: [[vinter]] * Dutch: [[winter#Dutch|winter]] {{m}} * Esperanto: [[vintro]] * Estonian: [[talv]] * Faroese: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Finnish: [[talvi]] * French: [[hiver]] {{m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: [[Winter]] {{m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{t|hit|sc=Xsux|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman}} * Hungarian: [[tél]] * Icelandic: [[vetur]] {{m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: [[geimhreadh]] * Italian: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t|csb|zëma|f}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t|la|hiems|f}}, {{t|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|ziema|f}} * Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žiema|f}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{t|dsb|zyma|f}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: [[vinter]] * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|sc=Cyrs|зима|tr=zima}} *: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|sc=Glag|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima}} * Old English: [[winter#Old English|winter]] * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[زمستان|زِمِستان]]}} (zemestān) * [[Polabian]]: {{t|pox|zaimă|f}} * Polish: {{t|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Romanian: [[iarnă]] {{f}} * Russian: [[зима]] (zimá) {{f}} * Sanskrit: {{t|sa|sc=Deva|हिम|tr=himá|m}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sr|зима|f}} *: Roman: {{t|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: [[invierno]] {{m}} * Swedish: [[vinter]] {{c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: [[kış]] * Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зима|tr=zymá|f}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{t|hsb|zyma|f}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: [[gaeaf]] * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4606619 2008-05-21T03:43:28Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for sq, da, nl, eo, et, fo, fi, fr, de, hu, is, ga, it, no, ang, fa, pt, ro, ru, es, sv, tr, cy {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4684050 2008-06-03T19:01:20Z 58.187.217.245 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeo-ul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[Mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4686150 2008-06-04T09:22:54Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 /* Translations */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4717352 2008-06-11T02:18:15Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +ca, lo {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4758382 2008-06-19T10:22:50Z AugPi 2671 /* Dutch */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 4758388 2008-06-19T10:26:44Z AugPi 2671 /* Dutch */ {{see|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/ˈwinter/}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5013894 2008-08-27T02:18:39Z AutoFormat 32732 * before IPA, added lang=ang to IPA, template -see +also {{also|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5084310 2008-09-07T05:40:19Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +et {{also|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5088923 2008-09-07T20:24:49Z Vahagn Petrosyan 75989 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{OE.}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5470300 2008-11-05T17:56:40Z AutoFormat 32732 added lang=nl to IPA, convert OE. to etyl|ang, sorted prolog {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t-|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5615876 2008-11-27T20:50:44Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 5992677 2009-01-21T20:55:43Z Tasnu Arakun 139161 /* Translations */ Northern Sami {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Māori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6020883 2009-01-26T08:19:31Z Atelaes 13865 /* Translations */ mi fmt {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Maori]]: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6020921 2009-01-26T08:39:53Z AutoFormat 32732 trans unlink Maori {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6069757 2009-02-04T11:56:25Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki -ru {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6069923 2009-02-04T12:40:04Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +ru {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{KUchar|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6252828 2009-03-14T19:39:20Z Mzajac 1514 replace obsolete script templates, Replaced: {{KUchar → {{ku-Arab using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6290232 2009-03-22T05:05:38Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:th:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6317004 2009-03-27T03:38:02Z Kw0 13464 /* Dutch */ cat {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6410591 2009-04-13T11:59:47Z Dbfirs 5886 /* Noun */ more typical period, but should we shorten this entry? {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being the months of December, January and February in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and June, July and August in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6410788 2009-04-13T13:22:30Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 In the U.S., it's December 21 to March 20. {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: [[ձմեռ]] (dzmeṙ) * [[Basque]]: [[negu]] * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[goañv]] {{m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: [[χειμώνας]] (khjimónas) {{m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[xitwa]] * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: [[hai]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: [[װינטער]] (vínter) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6410902 2009-04-13T13:54:42Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ}} * [[Basque]]: {{t|eu|negu}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t|br|goañv|m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|χειμώνας|tr=khjimónas|m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{t|nv|hai}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|tr=vínter|m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6412320 2009-04-13T18:20:07Z Vahagn Petrosyan 75989 t+ka:[[ზამთარი]] t+az:[[qış]] t-balance ([[User_talk:Conrad.Irwin/editor.js|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in Northern [[hemisphere|Hemisphere]] regions and from [[June]] 21 to [[September]] 20 in Southern Hemisphere regions. Usually marked by the applicable hemisphere of the [[planet]] being at its minimum angle of exposure to the [[Sun]], resulting in short days and typically the time period with the lowest atmospheric [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t|az|qış}} * [[Basque]]: {{t|eu|negu}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t|br|goañv|m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|χειμώνας|tr=khjimónas|m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{t|nv|hai}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|tr=vínter|m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6412596 2009-04-13T19:59:38Z Dbfirs 5886 /* Noun */ Is this better? {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t|az|qış}} * [[Basque]]: {{t|eu|negu}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t|br|goañv|m}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t|el|χειμώνας|tr=khjimónas|m}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{t|nv|hai}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|tr=vínter|m}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6416098 2009-04-14T12:56:20Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6607135 2009-05-17T08:14:41Z Bjankuloski06en 28238 t+mk:[[зима]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6607136 2009-05-17T08:15:07Z Bjankuloski06en 28238 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6607213 2009-05-17T08:54:07Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6629264 2009-05-20T13:09:50Z 211.27.251.169 {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6629269 2009-05-20T13:10:56Z 211.27.251.169 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6688298 2009-05-29T20:03:07Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6819214 2009-06-18T16:52:59Z AugPi 2671 t+io:[[vintro]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|vintro}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6819518 2009-06-18T17:29:30Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|vintro}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6893901 2009-06-27T11:10:44Z Alexander Widefield 63697 t+ru:[[зимовать]] t+ru:[[проводить зиму]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=dzmeṙ|sc=Hayeren|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|vintro}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6894619 2009-06-27T15:06:44Z Vahagn Petrosyan 75989 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t|hy|ձմեռ|sc=Armn|tr=jmeṙ}} *:Old Armenian: {{t|xcl|ձմեռն|sc=Armn|tr=jmeṙn}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t|io|vintro}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: [[zimovati]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 6984276 2009-07-15T11:01:36Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for sr {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7109179 2009-08-09T12:20:52Z Capsot 50967 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * Occitan: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7109272 2009-08-09T12:59:27Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations, trans link [[Occitan]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7150507 2009-08-19T13:33:32Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:li:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7167993 2009-08-23T12:58:12Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7262003 2009-08-30T22:40:58Z Ailurophile 246541 t+tr:[[kışlamak]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7336234 2009-09-06T05:04:33Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:ml:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7385934 2009-09-15T11:49:50Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:kn:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7458430 2009-09-29T15:32:08Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7673080 2009-11-08T03:47:46Z Eal 247524 {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/vtər/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7673087 2009-11-08T03:48:47Z Eal 247524 /* West Frisian */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/vĩtər/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7673100 2009-11-08T03:50:48Z Eal 247524 t+kk:[[қыс]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * [[Kazakh]]: {{t|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== {{IPA|/vĩtər/}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7673158 2009-11-08T03:57:22Z AutoFormat 32732 * before IPA, added lang=fy to IPA, sorted/rebalanced translations, trans unlink Kazakh {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7679636 2009-11-08T22:17:16Z AugPi 2671 t+eo:[[travintri]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ|xs=Armenian}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: [[qish]] * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t|eo|travintri}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7712180 2009-11-14T10:30:10Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for uz {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 7836635 2009-11-22T06:25:41Z Conrad.Bot 57447 Updating anagrams {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8093524 2009-12-19T18:22:30Z Rising Sun 96076 /* Verb */ +defn: {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} {{trans-mid}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8093879 2009-12-19T19:11:12Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8095497 2009-12-20T01:22:12Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8189319 2010-01-03T13:41:56Z Mglovesfun 27458 t+fro:[[yver]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8189415 2010-01-03T13:54:22Z Mglovesfun 27458 t+frm:[[yver]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8189596 2010-01-03T14:26:27Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8480031 2010-02-24T15:14:47Z Word dewd543 326421 t+rup:[[iarnã]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8480212 2010-02-24T15:56:21Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t-|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: [[mùa đông]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8540147 2010-03-08T17:47:47Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for vi {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8592750 2010-03-17T21:34:14Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:eu:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8647346 2010-03-26T09:47:54Z Ketie 156709 {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8647618 2010-03-26T10:30:45Z AutoFormat 32732 trans link [[Old English]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8647917 2010-03-26T11:02:03Z Embryomystic 200407 /* Old English */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8760425 2010-04-06T21:39:35Z Dbfirs 5886 /* Noun */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 8901677 2010-04-25T08:34:34Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9070480 2010-05-25T05:58:37Z Embryomystic 200407 /* Translations */ {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9098439 2010-05-31T17:33:57Z Facts707 207601 /* Noun */ ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9290005 2010-06-26T16:42:45Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:gv:winter]] {{wikipedia}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Antonyms==== * [[summer]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # [[winter#English|winter]] ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # [[#English|winter]] {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # '''[[winter]]''' [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9298498 2010-06-28T04:10:22Z Yair rand 224635 rm "antonym", use {{l}}, +list {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9348325 2010-07-08T00:15:08Z 75.20.227.17 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[冬天]] (dōngtiān), [[冬季]] (dōngjì) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9355871 2010-07-09T01:24:28Z Tooironic 189643 /* Translations */ standardising Mandarin translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9356023 2010-07-09T01:46:54Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=khjimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9358943 2010-07-09T11:10:00Z Eipnvn 197118 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9358951 2010-07-09T11:12:16Z Eipnvn 197118 t+el:[[ξεχειμωνιάζω]] t+el:[[διαχειμάζω]] t+el:[[παραχειμάζω]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο|sc=Grek}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9427214 2010-07-16T05:33:27Z Stephen G. Brown 1874 t+ae:[[𐬰𐬫𐬂]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο|sc=Grek}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9427321 2010-07-16T06:11:20Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t|zh|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas|sc=Grek}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|xs=Irish|m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t-|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9551051 2010-07-27T06:37:32Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} to [[store]] [something] somewhere for the winter, for warmth. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9554488 2010-07-27T18:14:08Z Thrissel 248508 /* Verb */ tweaked 2nd def; gd transls {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9554546 2010-07-27T18:24:08Z AutoFormat 32732 add language in front of {{t}}, subst {{el}} in trans, tagged translations table problem {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{rfc-tsort|duplicate language: Greek}} {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Greek: {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9554549 2010-07-27T18:24:50Z 78.146.49.151 /* Noun */ the end of life, a time of despair or economic depression {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. # The final part of life. # A time of despair or economic doom. #: "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York..." ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{rfc-tsort|duplicate language: Greek}} {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Greek: {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9554613 2010-07-27T18:33:39Z SemperBlotto 3336 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/78.146.49.151|78.146.49.151]] ([[User_talk:78.146.49.151|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:AutoFormat|AutoFormat]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> =====Translations===== {{rfc-tsort|duplicate language: Greek}} {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * Greek: {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9554676 2010-07-27T18:42:26Z DCDuring 43828 /* Verb */ merge el, level {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/'wɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/'wɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9658266 2010-08-05T01:54:08Z AutoFormat 32732 replace ' (U+0027) with ˈ (U+02C8) primary stress marker in IPA template, sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== '''winter''' {{m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{italbrac|the season}} [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Old English nouns]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 9817747 2010-08-09T20:59:15Z MglovesfunBot 264304 bot: converting written category to {{ang-noun}} ([[User:MglovesfunBot|semi-automated]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhraich}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10107394 2010-08-31T14:39:10Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10140915 2010-09-01T19:41:04Z Uialdil 383408 /* Translations */Cantonese, Ripuarian, Tajik {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10210343 2010-09-03T04:23:29Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:my:winter]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10559408 2010-09-28T12:52:57Z 188.3.32.148 t+ky:[[кыш]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10618144 2010-10-04T12:21:24Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:cy:winter]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10914797 2010-11-07T05:02:29Z Andris.attack 421899 t+lv:[[pārziemot]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10921304 2010-11-08T06:32:42Z Hans-Friedrich Tamke 13400 t+vo:[[nifüp]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 10928801 2010-11-09T02:01:28Z Bequw 36224 moving en {{rank}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintra-|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11004296 2010-11-17T20:12:35Z CodeCat 21371 {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * Tajik: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11004335 2010-11-17T20:31:59Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations, trans link [[Tajik]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11009965 2010-11-18T19:01:54Z OG 405503 t+ug:[[قىش]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11011158 2010-11-18T23:20:25Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11040921 2010-11-25T15:52:25Z Hekaheka 25987 t+fi:[[viettää talvi]] t-balance t+fi:[[talvehtia]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11040932 2010-11-25T15:55:47Z Hekaheka 25987 /* Translations */ fi {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11040950 2010-11-25T16:01:05Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’) * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5) * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu) * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul) * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11071349 2010-11-29T23:59:45Z Atitarev 27724 t+ur:[[سسر]] t+ar:[[شتاء]] t+ja:[[冬]] t+ko:[[겨울]] t+yue:[[ 天時冷]] t+he:[[חורף]] t+hi:[[जाड़ा]] t+hi:[[शिशिर]] t+th:[[ฤดูหนาว]] t+ur:[[جاڙا]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[شتاء]]}} (šitá’), {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f}} * Cantonese: [[天時冷]] (tin1 si4 laang5), {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: [[חרף|חורף]] (khóref) {{m}}, {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: [[冬]] ([[ふゆ]], fuyu), {{t|ja|冬|tr=ふゆ, fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: [[겨울]] (gyeoul), {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: {{t+|sr|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t-|sr|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11071356 2010-11-30T00:02:56Z Atitarev 27724 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11071362 2010-11-30T00:05:05Z Atitarev 27724 t+ur:[[سرما]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11071411 2010-11-30T00:29:21Z Atitarev 27724 t+bn:[[শীতকাল]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11071433 2010-11-30T00:34:32Z Atitarev 27724 t+bn:[[শীত]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11076722 2010-12-01T01:20:37Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11083670 2010-12-02T11:38:12Z Atitarev 27724 t+hi:[[सर्दी]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11083672 2010-12-02T11:39:05Z Atitarev 27724 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11088567 2010-12-03T15:08:31Z MglovesfunBot 264304 /* Statistics */bot: bullet point before {{rank}} {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}}, goañvoù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|vinter}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[geamhradh]] {{m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11167493 2010-12-16T11:04:40Z Leftmostcat 21764 /* Translations */ t+gv,kw,sga; ang,cy,no/nn+gender; gd+template; split no/nn {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * Cornish: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11168931 2010-12-16T16:22:38Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations, trans link [[Cornish]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11192778 2010-12-21T21:59:01Z Soued031 164137 t+lb:[[Wanter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11210864 2010-12-25T15:14:24Z CodeCat 21371 /* Dutch */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11321938 2011-01-08T23:25:31Z Ganymede 284043 /* Old English */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11368093 2011-01-13T18:11:13Z OG 405503 t+tk:[[gyş]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11368395 2011-01-13T19:12:26Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 11505200 2011-01-28T14:54:24Z Luckas-bot 69685 r2.6.2) (robot Adding: [[cs:winter]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{infl|nl|noun|gender=m}} (''plural'' -s /-s/) # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 12623674 2011-03-22T15:31:35Z CodeCat 21371 /* Noun */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|einrtw}} * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 12823418 2011-04-12T13:04:49Z MglovesfunBot 264304 /* Anagrams */bot: converting {{alphagram}} to plain link, or removing when blank, minor spacing {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13015789 2011-04-30T07:21:12Z Luckas-bot 69685 r2.6.2) (robot Adding: [[eo:winter]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13075620 2011-05-09T23:52:12Z 71.77.2.0 t+sw:[[kipupwe]] t+sw:[[majira ya baridi]] t+sw:[[kipindi cha baridi]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13279137 2011-06-10T01:25:26Z Atitarev 27724 t+si:[[ශිශිර ඍතුව]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13279167 2011-06-10T01:42:57Z KassadBot 230894 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} {{trans-mid}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13489110 2011-07-07T20:48:09Z Flubot 478721 adding en to topical categories {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} {{trans-mid}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]] * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499053 2011-07-09T01:09:07Z Atitarev 27724 t+mn:[[өвөл]] t-balance t+sa:[[हेमन्त]] t+tg:[[зимистон]] t+lo:[[ລະດູໜາວ]] t+km:[[សិសិរៈ]] t+fa:[[زمستان]] t+ur:[[زمستان]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|alt=زِمِستان|tr=zemestān|xs=Persian}}, {{t|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: [[зимистон]], {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499059 2011-07-09T01:10:41Z Atitarev 27724 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499063 2011-07-09T01:12:12Z Atitarev 27724 t+km:[[ហេមន្ត]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499166 2011-07-09T01:54:57Z Atitarev 27724 t+my:[[ဆောင်း]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499177 2011-07-09T02:03:06Z Atitarev 27724 /* Translations */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499199 2011-07-09T02:15:44Z Atitarev 27724 t+af:[[winter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499204 2011-07-09T02:17:48Z Atitarev 27724 t+tl:[[taglamig]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13499210 2011-07-09T02:21:44Z Atitarev 27724 t+ms:[[musim dingin]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * Lao: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13505636 2011-07-11T02:34:51Z KassadBot 230894 trans link [[Lao]] {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13509208 2011-07-11T22:16:32Z MglovesfunBot 264304 /* Anagrams */bot: adding en: to English topical categories {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 13985220 2011-10-03T11:40:30Z 95.68.122.44 t+ltg:[[zīma]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tɘr/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 14017323 2011-10-07T15:07:22Z 67.243.168.179 /* Pronunciation */ {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tər/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 14021234 2011-10-08T14:38:48Z Stardsen 451792 t+nl:[[winter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tər/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 14021248 2011-10-08T14:39:56Z Stardsen 451792 t+nl:[[winter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tər/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 14021255 2011-10-08T14:40:31Z Stardsen 451792 t+sv:[[vinter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Swedish: {{t|sv|vinter|c}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tər/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian {{term|winter|lang=fro}}, Old Saxon {{term||winter}} (Dutch {{term|winter|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|wintar}} (German {{term|Winter}}), Old Norse {{term|vetr}} (Swedish {{term|vinter}}) and Gothic [[𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃]]; and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin {{term|unda||wave}} and Lithuanian {{term|vanduo|vanduõ|water}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈwinter/|lang=ang}} ===Noun=== {{ang-noun|g=m}} # {{l|en|winter}} {{gloss|season}} ====Descendants==== * English: [[winter]] ---- ==Scots== ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # {{l|en|winter}} [[Category:sco:Seasons]] [[Category:sco:Time]] ---- ==West Frisian== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/vĩtər/|lang=fy}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fy|noun|g=c}} ({{p}} '''[[winters]]''') # {{l|en|winter}} [[ar:winter]] [[ast:winter]] [[zh-min-nan:winter]] [[br:winter]] [[ca:winter]] [[cs:winter]] [[cy:winter]] [[de:winter]] [[et:winter]] [[el:winter]] [[es:winter]] [[eo:winter]] [[eu:winter]] [[fa:winter]] [[fr:winter]] [[fy:winter]] [[gv:winter]] [[ko:winter]] [[hy:winter]] [[io:winter]] [[id:winter]] [[it:winter]] [[kn:winter]] [[ka:winter]] [[kk:winter]] [[ku:winter]] [[lo:winter]] [[la:winter]] [[lt:winter]] [[li:winter]] [[hu:winter]] [[ml:winter]] [[my:winter]] [[nl:winter]] [[ja:winter]] [[no:winter]] [[oc:winter]] [[pl:winter]] [[pt:winter]] [[ro:winter]] [[ru:winter]] [[simple:winter]] [[sr:winter]] [[fi:winter]] [[sv:winter]] [[ta:winter]] [[te:winter]] [[th:winter]] [[tr:winter]] [[uk:winter]] [[vi:winter]] [[zh:winter]] 14021265 2011-10-08T14:41:05Z Stardsen 451792 t+sv:[[vinter]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{also|Winter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} {{term|winter|lang=ang}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈwɪntə/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|wĭnʹtər}}, {{IPA|/ˈwɪntɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/wInt@`/}} * {{audio|en-us-winter.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪntə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # Traditionally the fourth of the four [[season]]s, typically regarded as being from [[December]] 21 to [[March]] 20 in continental regions of the Northern [[hemisphere|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 [[temperature]]s for the region. ====Usage notes==== {{season name spelling}} ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|Terms derived from ''winter''}} * [[AI winter]] * [[w:Arctic Winter Games|Arctic Winter Games]] * [[atomic winter]] * [[Austrian winter pea]] * [[beady-legged winter horse tick]] * [[bewinter]] * [[blackberry winter]] * [[blackthorn winter]] * [[buy straw hats in winter]] * [[Chinese winter squash]] * [[dogwood winter]] * [[early winter cress]] * [[East Indian winter jet]] * [[w:Father Winter|Father Winter]] * [[w:Fell Winter|Fell Winter]] * [[Fimbulwinter]] * [[forwintered]] * [[General winter]] * [[impact winter]] * [[in-winter]] * [[Kondratiev winter]] * [[w:Long Winter|Long Winter]] * [[love-in-winter]] * [[Madeira winter cherry]] * [[meteorological winter]] * [[mid-winter]], [[midwinter]] * [[nuclear winter]] * [[w:Old Man Winter|Old Man Winter]] * [[w:Operation Dark Winter|Operation Dark Winter]] * [[out-winter]], [[outwinter]] * [[overwinter]] * [[rere-winter]] * [[Russian winter]] * [[Soviet winter]] * [[Spencer's winter vomiting]] * [[summer and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[twinter]] * [[unwinter]] * [[volcanic winter]] * [[w:Western Winter Blast|Western Winter Blast]] * [[wild winterpea]] * [[winter aconite]] * [[winterage]], [[winteridge]] * [[winter and winter]]<!--adverb and verb--> * [[winter annual]] * [[winter apple]] * [[winter barley]] * [[winter-beaten]] * [[winter berry]], [[winterberry]] * [[winter bloom]], [[winter-bloom]] * [[winter break]] * [[winter bud]] * [[winter bunting]] * [[winter carnival]] * [[winter cherry]] * [[Winter Circle]] * [[winter city]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-clad]] * [[winter-close]] * [[winter clover]] * [[winter cluster]] * [[w:Winter Coast|Winter Coast]] * [[winter coat]] * [[winter corn]] * [[winter cough]] * [[winter count]] * [[winter country]] * [[winter-crack]] * [[winter cress]], [[wintercress]] * [[winter crookneck]], [[winter crookneck squash]] * [[winter crop]] * [[winter currant]] * [[winter daffodil]] <!--"winterden" is neither derived from or related to "winter"--> * [[winter depression]] * [[winter duck]] * [[winter dysentery]] * [[winter eczema]] * [[wintered]] * [[w:Winter-een-mas|Winter-een-mas]] * [[winter egg]] * [[winter falcon]] * [[winter fallow]] * [[winter fat]] * [[winter-feed]], [[winterfeed]] * [[winter fern]] * [[Winterfest]] * [[winter fever]] * [[winter finch]] * [[winter flounder]] * [[winter-flower]] * [[winter flowering cherry]] * [[w:Winterfresh|Winterfresh]] * [[Winter Games]] * [[winter garden]] * [[winter gillyflower]] * [[winter gnat]] * [[winter grape]] <!--"wintergreen" comes from Dutch--> * [[winter greens]] * [[winter-ground]] * [[winter guard]] * [[winter gull]], [[winter-gull]] * [[winter-hained]] <!--"Winterhalter" does not come from "winter"--> * [[w:Winter Harbor|Winter Harbor]] * [[w:Winter Harbour|Winter Harbour]] * [[winter-hardy]], [[winterhardy]] * [[w:Winterhaven|Winterhaven]] * [[w:Winter Haven|Winter Haven]] * [[winter hawk]] * [[winter hazel]] * [[winter heath]] * [[winter heliotrope]] * [[winter hellebore]] * [[winter hemp]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[Winter Hexagon]] * [[w:Winter Hill|Winter Hill]] * [[winter holidays]] * [[winter-house]] * [[winter ice]] <!--"winteridge" is listed with "winterage" above--> * [[winterim]] * [[winterise]], [[winterize]] * [[winterish]] * [[w:Winter Island|Winter Island]] * [[winter itch]] * [[winter jasmine]] * [[winter-killed]] * [[w:Winter King|Winter King]] * [[winterless]] * [[w:Winter Line|Winter Line]] * [[winterling]] * [[winter lodge]], [[winter lodgment]] * [[winter-long]] * [[winter-love]] * [[Winterlude]] <!--"winterly" comes from Old English--> * [[w:Winter Magic Festival|Winter Magic Festival]] * [[winter marjoram]] * [[winter melon]], [[winter melon vine]] * [[winter mew]], [[winter-mew]] * [[winter midge]] * [[winter monsoon]] * [[winter moth]] * [[winter mushroom]] * [[winter oats]] * [[w:Winter of Discontent|Winter of Discontent]] * [[winter oil]] * [[winter-old]] * [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Winter Olympics]] * [[winter ova]] * [[winter packet]] * [[w:Winter Palace|Winter Palace]] * [[w:Winter Park|Winter Park]] * [[winter peach]] * [[winter pear]] * [[winter-pick]] * [[winter-piece]] * [[winter-pride]] * [[winter-pround]] * [[winter purslane]] * [[winter quarters]] * [[w:Winter Queen|Winter Queen]] * [[winter queening]] * [[winter range]] * [[winter rape]] * [[winter redbird]] * [[winter-rig]] * [[winter road]] * [[winter rocket]] * [[winter rose]] * [[winter rules]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[winter-run fish]] * [[winter rye]] * [[winters]]<!--adverb--> * [[winter savory]] * [[winter scours]] * [[winter shad]], [[winter-shad]] * [[winter sheldrake]] * [[winter sleep]] * [[winter sleeper]] * [[winter snipe]] * [[winter solstice]] * [[wintersome]] * [[winter sport]] * [[w:Winter Springs|Winter Springs]] * [[winter squash]] * [[winter-stall]] * [[winter storm]] * [[winter story]] * [[w:Winterstown|Winterstown]] * [[winter strawberry]] * [[w:Wintersville|Wintersville]] * [[winter sweet]], [[winter-sweet]], [[wintersweet]] * [[winter sweet marjoram]] * [[winter tale]] * [[winter teal]] * [[winter-thorn]] * [[winter tick]] * [[winter-tide]], [[wintertide]] * [[winter-time]], [[wintertime]] * [[winter tire]], [[winter tyre]] * [[Winter Triangle]] * [[winter urn]] * [[winter vacation]] * [[Winterval]] * [[w:Winterville|Winterville]] * [[winter visitor]] * [[winter vomiting disease]] * [[winter wagtail]] * [[w:Winter War|Winter War]] * [[winterward]] * [[winterwards]] * [[winter warfare]] * [[winter wash]] * [[winter weather advisory]] * [[winter-weed]], [[winterweed]] * [[winter-weight]], [[winterweight]] * [[winter wheat]] * [[w:Winter White House|Winter White House]] * [[winter white Russian hamster]] * [[winter wicket]] * [[winter woolies]], [[winter woollies]] * [[winter worm]] * [[winter worm summer grass]] * [[winter wren]] <!--"wintery" is from Old English--> * [[wintrous]] <!--"wintry" is from Old English--> {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== {{rel-top|Terms related to ''winter''}} * ''[[Canella winterana]]'' * ''[[Drimys winteri]]'' * ''[[Hildewintera]]'' * ''[[Pseudowintera]]'' * [[w:Villa Winter|Villa Winter]]<!--named after a person called Winter--> * ''[[Wintera]]'' * ''[[Winteraceae]]'' * ''[[Winterales]]'' * [[winteran]] * [[winterbourne]] {{rel-mid}} * [[wintergreen]] * ''[[Winteria]]'' * [[winterly]] * ''[[Winterocereus]]'' * ''[[Winteroideae]]'' * [[Winter's bark]], [[winter's bark]] * [[Winter's cinnamon]] * [[Winter's syndrome]] * [[wintery]], [[wintry]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|winter}} * Albanian: {{t+|sq|dimër|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|شتاء|f|tr=shitaa'|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձմեռ|tr=jmeṙ}} *: Old Armenian: {{tø|xcl|ձմեռն|tr=jmeṙn|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian}} * [[Aromanian]]: {{tø|rup|iarnã}} * [[Avestan]]: {{tø|ae|𐬰𐬫𐬂|tr=zyå}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|qış|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|ҡыш|tr=ǩyš}} * [[Basque]]: {{t+|eu|negu|xs=Basque}} * Belarusian: {{t-|be|зіма|f|tr=zimá|xs=Belarusian}} * Bengali: {{t|bn|শীতকাল|tr=śītakāl|sc=Beng}}, {{t|bn|শীত|tr=śīt|sc=Beng}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|zima|f}} * [[Breton]]: {{t+|br|goañv|m|xs=Breton}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Burmese: {{t|my|ဆောင်း|tr=sʰáʊ̃|sc=Mymr}} * [[Catalan]]: [[hivern]] {{m}} * Chinese: *: Cantonese: {{tø|yue| 天時冷|tr=tin1 si4 laang|sc=Hant}} *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|冬天|tr=dōngtiān|sc=Hani}}, {{t-|cmn|冬季|tr=dōngjì|sc=Hani}} * [[Cornish]]: {{t|kw|gwav|m}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|zima|f}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|zima|f}} * Danish: {{t-|da|vinter}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|winter|m}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|vintro|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|talv}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|vetur|m|xs=Faroese}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|talvi}} * French: {{t+|fr|hiver|m}} * [[Galician]]: [[inverno]] {{m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ზამთარი|tr=zamt'ari|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Winter|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|χειμώνας|m|tr=cheimónas}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|חורף|m|tr=khóref|alt=חרף|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|सर्दी|f|tr=sardī|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|जाड़ा|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=Deva}}, {{t|hi|शिशिर|m|tr=śiśir|sc=Deva}} * [[Hittite]]: {{tø|hit|𒄀𒈠𒀭|tr=giman|sc=Xsux|xs=Hittite}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tél}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|vetur|m}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|vintro|xs=Ido}} * Indonesian: [[musim dingin]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[hiberno]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|geimhreadh|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|inverno|m}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|冬|tr=[[ふゆ]], fuyu|sc=Jpan}} * [[Kashubian]]: {{t+|csb|zëma|f|xs=Kashubian}} * Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қыс|tr=qıs|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{t|km|សិសិរៈ|tr=seʔseʔreaʔ|sc=Khmr}}, {{t|km|ហេមន្ត|tr=heemɑn, heemɑntaʔ|sc=Khmr}} * Korean: {{t|ko|겨울|tr=gyeoul|sc=Kore}} * Kurdish: [[zivistan]], [[zistan]], {{ku-Arab|[[زستان]]}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t|ky|кыш|tr=kış|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Lao]]: {{t|lo|ລະດູໜາວ|tr=la-dū-nāo|sc=Laoo}} * [[Latgalian]]: {{tø|ltg|zīma}} * Latin: {{t+|la|hiems|f}}, {{t+|la|hibernus|m}} * Latvian: {{t-|lv|ziema|f|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|žiema|f|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: {{tø|dsb|zyma|f|xs=Lower Sorbian}} * [[Luxembourgish]]: {{t|lb|Wanter|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|зима|f|tr=zíma}} * Malay: {{t|ms|musim dingin}} * Maltese: {{t|mt|xitwa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manchu]]: [[tuweri]] * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|geurey|m}} * Maori: [[takurua]] * [[Middle French]]: {{tø|frm|yver|m}} * Mongolian: {{t|mn|өвөл|tr=övöl|sc=Cyrl}} * Navajo: {{tø|nv|hai|xs=Navajo}} * Norwegian: *: Bokmål: {{t+|no|vinter|m}} *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|vinter|m}} * [[Occitan]]: {{t+|oc|ivèrn|m|xs=Occitan}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: *: Cyrillic: {{tø|cu|зима|tr=zima|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} *: Glagolitic: {{tø|cu|ⰈⰉⰏⰀ|tr=zima|sc=Glag|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * [[Old English]]: {{t-|ang|winter|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old French]]: {{tø|fro|yver|m}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|gemred|n}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|زمستان|tr=zemestân|sc=fa-Arab}} * [[Polabian]]: {{tø|pox|zaimă|f|xs=Polabian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zima|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inverno|m}} * [[Ripuarian]]: [[wengkter]] * Romanian: {{t+|ro|iarnă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зима|f|tr=zimá}} * [[Sami]]: *: Northern: {{tø|se|dálvi}} * Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|हिम|m|tr=himá|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|हेमन्त|m|tr=hemanta|sc=Deva}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t|gd|geamhradh|m}} * Serbo-Croatian: *: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|зима|f|sc=Cyrl}} *: Roman: {{t|sh|zima|f}} * [[Sicilian]]: [[nvèrnu]] * [[Sinhalese]]: {{t|si|ශිශිර ඍතුව|tr=śiśira r̥tūva|sc=Sinh}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|zima|f}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|zima|f}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|invierno|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|kipupwe}}, {{t|sw|majira ya baridi}}, {{t|sw|kipindi cha baridi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|vinter|c}} * [[Tagalog]]: {{t|tl|taglamig}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|зимистон|tr=zimiston|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Telugu]]: [[చలికాలం]] (calikaalaM), [[శీతాకాలం]] (SeetaakaalaM) * Thai: {{t|th|ฤดูหนาว|tr=réu-doo năao|sc=Thai}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kış}} * [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|gyş}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зима|f|tr=zymá|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: {{tø|hsb|zyma|f|xs=Upper Sorbian}} * Urdu: {{t|ur|سسر|m|tr=śiśir, sisir|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|جاڙا|m|tr=jāṛā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|سرما|m|tr=sarmā|sc=ur-Arab}}, {{t|ur|زمستان|m|tr=zimastān|sc=ur-Arab}} * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|قىش|sc=ug-Arab}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|qish|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|mùa đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|務冬}}), {{t|vi|đông|xs=Vietnamese}} ({{t|vi|冬}}) * [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|nifüp}} * Welsh: {{t+|cy|gaeaf|m|xs=Welsh}} * [[West Frisian]]: [[winter#West Frisian|winter]] * Yiddish: {{t+|yi|װינטער|m|tr=vínter|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{list|en|seasons}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{intransitive}} To [[spend]] the winter (in a particular place). #: ''When they retired, they hoped to '''winter''' in Florida. # {{transitive}} To [[store]] something (for instance [[animal]]s) somewhere over winter to protect it from [[cold]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[Wintered Over Device]] * [[winterer]] * [[wintering]]<!--noun--> ====Translations==== {{trans-top|spend the winter, as in a particular place on holiday}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|travintri|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|viettää}} {{t|fi|talvi}}, {{t|fi|talvehtia}} * Greek: {{qualifier|colloquial}} {{t|el|ξεχειμωνιάζω|tr=xecheimoniázo}}, {{t|el|διαχειμάζω|tr=diacheimázo}}, {{t|el|παραχειμάζω|tr=paracheimázο}} * Latvian: {{t|lv|pārziemot}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|зимовать}}, {{t|ru|проводить зиму}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: {{t-|sr|zimovati}} * Swedish: {{t|sv|vinter|c}} * Turkish: {{t|tr|kışlamak}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|store over winter}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|winter|f}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|pitää}} [[talven]] [[yli]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|geamhraich|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Swedish: {{t|sv|vinter|c}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Statistics=== * {{rank|fortune|glass|silver|961|winter|expect|nation|legal}} ===Anagrams=== * [[twiner#English|twiner]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:en:Calendar terms]] [[Category:en:Seasons]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''wintar'', from {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=nl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-winter.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|/ˈʋɪn.tər/|lang=nl}} ===Noun=== {{nl-noun|g=m|winters|wintertje}} # {{l|en|winter}} ===See also=== * [[lente#Dutch|lente]] * [[zomer]] * [[herfst]] [[Category:nl:Seasons]] ---- ==Old English== ===Etymology=== From {{proto|Germanic|wintruz|lang=ang}}, probably representing a nasalised variant of {{proto|Indo-European|wed-|lang=ang}} ( > English {{term|water}}, {{term|wet}}). Cognate with Old Frisian