English Explanatory Dictionary

winter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
  3. Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
  4. An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
  5. The rainy season.
verb
  1. To spend the winter (in a particular place).
  2. To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
name
  1. A surname from the Germanic languages.
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. A placename:
  4. An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
  6. A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
  7. The personification of winter, wintertime.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of winter.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪntə/ [ˈwɪntʰə] /ˈwɪntɚ/ [ˈwɪntʰɚ] ~ [ˈwɪntʰɹ̩] En-us-winter.ogg /ˈwɪɾ̃ɚ/ [ˈwɪɾ̃ɚ] ~ [ˈwɪɾ̃ɹ̩] /ˈwɪn̆ɚ/ [ˈwɪn̆ɚ] ~ [ˈwɪn̆ɹ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Acadienenexil-winner.wav

Word forms

winter winters wintering wintered Wintour

Etymology

From 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, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).

Derived words

Arab Winter Arctic Winter Games Austrian winter pea beady-legged winter horse tick bewinter buy straw hats in winter Canella winterana Chinese winter squash cryptowinter crypto winter dead of winter demographic winter Drimys winteri early-winter early winter cress East Indian winter jet Father Winter Fell Winter Fimbulwinter forwintered Hildewintera in-winter jacky-winter jacky winter King Winter late-winter love-in-winter Madeira winter cherry midwinter mid-winter Old Man Winter Operation Dark Winter outwinter out-winter Pseudowintera rere-winter Russian winter white dwarf hamster Spencer's winter vomiting squaw winter summer and winter Turnip Winter twinter unwinter Villa Winter Western Winter Blast wild winterpea Winter Wintera winter aconite winterage winteran winter and winter winter annual winter apple winter barley winter-beaten winter bentgrass winter berry winterberry winter-bloom
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