winter
Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either…Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
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» My family goes skiing every winter.
Meine Familie fährt jeden Winter Ski. — Yorwba
Моя семья каждую зиму катается на лыжах. — ae5s
Моя семья каждую зиму выезжает покататься на лыжах. — fjay69
Моя родина їздить кататися на лижах кожної зими. — deniko
Моя сім'я їздить кататися на лижах кожної зими. — deniko
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Examples
1601 sentencesMy family goes skiing every winter.
Моя родина їздить кататися на лижах кожної зими. — deniko
ruМоя семья каждую зиму катается на лыжах. — ae5s
deMeine Familie fährt jeden Winter Ski. — Yorwba
Birds fly south in the winter.
Птахи взимку улітають на південь. — deniko
ruПтицы летят на юг зимой. — corvard
Tom was born in the winter.
Том народився зимою. — deniko
ruТом родился зимой. — marafon
deTom wurde im Winter geboren. — Esperantostern
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
Winter, Winterzeit
зима́zimá
зима́zymá
(countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable)The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
(countable)Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
More meanings 2
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
(India, archaic, countable, uncountable)The rainy season.
- the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
Origin
From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, froFrom Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
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Forms
plural: wintersSynonyms
1 synonyms- the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox:wintertime
Word family
109 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the winter
- last winter
- next winter
- skiing every winter
- cold winter
- every winter
- skiing last winter
- snow this winter
- during the winter
- snow last winter
- the cold winter
- for the winter
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.