winter
Syllables: win·ter/ˈwɪntɚ/UK/ˈwɪntə/
winter noun: 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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Noun (1)
winter (countable and uncountable, plural winters)
- 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.
- Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be...a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench...
- And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.1592, Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1
- The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down.2023, Ben Armstrong, Catching Up to Crypto, page 78
- Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
- The rainy season.
- Note that the Citie of Goa is the principall place of all the Oriental India, and the winter thus beginneth the 15 of May, with very great raine.1584, Barret, in Hakl. ii. 413
- The Winter heere beginneth about the first of Iune and dureth till the twentieth of September, but not with continuall raines as at Goa, but for some sixe or seuen dayes every change and full, with much wind, thunder and raine.1610, Finch, in Purchas, i. 423
Verb
winter (third-person singular simple present winters, present participle wintering, simple past and past participle wintered)
- To spend the winter (in a particular place).
- She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 282
- Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.2022 December 27, “Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023”, in BBC News
- To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
Proper noun capitalized: Winter
Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)
- A surname from the Germanic languages.
- A unisex given name.
- An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
- A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
- The personification of winter, wintertime.
Noun (2) capitalized: Winter
Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)
- Alternative letter-case form of winter.
winter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
winter in Hindi
- fourth season, marked by short days and the lowest temperatures
- शीत śīt, हेमंत hemant, सर्दी sardī, जाड़ा jāṛā, शिशिर śiśir
winter in Tamil
- fourth season, marked by short days and the lowest temperatures
- குளிர் காலம் kuḷir kālam
winter in Marathi
- fourth season, marked by short days and the lowest temperatures
- शिशिर śiśir, हिवाळा hivāḷā
winter in Urdu
- fourth season, marked by short days and the lowest temperatures
- سَرْدی sardī, جاڑا jāṛā, سَرْما sarmā, زَمِسْتان zamistān, زِمَسْتان zimastān
More languagesFewer languages
- winter in Bengali
- শীতকাল śitokal, শীত śit
- winter in Telugu
- చలికాలం calikālaṁ, శీతకాలము śītakālamu
- winter in Malayalam
- ശീതകാലം śītakālaṁ, ശൈത്യം śaityaṁ
- winter in Kannada
- ಚಳಿಗಾಲ caḷigāla
- winter in Punjabi
- ਸਰਦੀ sardī, ਸਿਆਲ਼ siāḷa, ਪਾਲ਼ਾ pāḷā
- winter in Gujarati
- શિશિર śiśir, શિયાળો śiyāḷo
- winter in Odia
- ଶୀତ śita
- winter in Sanskrit
- हिम hima, हेमन्त hemanta
- winter in Sinhala
- ශිශිර ඍතුව śiśira r̥tuwa
- winter in Assamese
- শীতকাল xitokal, শীত xit, জাৰ zar, ঠাণ্ডাৰ দিন thandar din
- winter in Nepali
- शिशिर śiśira
- winter in Pashto
- ژمۍ žaməy
- winter in Tagalog
- taglamig, tagniyebe, tagyelo
- winter in Arabic
- شِتَاء šitāʔ, شتا šita, شتوية šatawiyye, šatwiyye
- winter in Malay
- musim dingin, musim salji, musim sejuk
- winter in Indonesian
- musim dingin
- winter in Persian
- زِمِسْتَان zimistān, زِمِسْتان zemestân
- winter in Thai
- ฤดูหนาว rʉ́-duu-nǎao, หน้าหนาว nâa-nǎao, เหมันต์ hěe-man, เดือนเย็น dʉʉan-yen
- winter in Vietnamese
- mùa đông, đông
- winter in Myanmar
- ဆောင်း hcaung:, ဆောင်းရာသီ hcaung:rasi, ဆောင်းတွင်း hcaung:twang:, ဟေမန် heman
- Sindhi
- سِيارو siyārō
- Dhivehi
- ފިނި މޫސުން fini mūsun̊
- Kashmiri
- وَنٛدٕ vandụ, شِشُر śiśur
Examples of winter in a sentence
- […] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, [...]1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles, volume I, Longmans, Green and Co., published 1914, page 2:
- In Winter (when they rarely stir) they have a Mumjama, or Wax Cloth to throw over it […]1678, Fryer, 410
Synonyms of winter
Antonyms
Forms of winter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | winters |
| alternative form | Winter |
| plural | Winters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | winters |
| present participle | wintering |
| past participle | wintered |
| past | wintered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Winters |
| alternative form | Wintour |
Origin of winter
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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
Words formed from winter
- Winter's bark
- Winter's law
- 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
- forewinter
- forwintered
- Hildewintera
- in-winter
- jacky winter
- jacky-winter
- King Winter
- late-winter
- love-in-winter
- Madeira winter cherry
- midwinter
- mid-winter
- nonwinter
- Old Man Winter
- Operation Dark Winter
- out-winter
- outwinter
- prewinter
- Pseudowintera
- rere-winter
- Russian winter white dwarf hamster
- Spencer's winter vomiting
- sprinter
- squaw winter
- summer and winter
- thrinter
- Turnip Winter
- twinter
- unwinter
- Villa Winter
- Western Winter Blast
- wild winterpea
- Wintera
- winter aconite
- winterage
- winteran
- winter and winter
- winter annual
- winter apple
Phrases with winter
- AI winter
- winter rat
- winter sun
- Winter War
- winter blue
- winter book
- winter boot
- winter coat
- winter kill
- winter moon
- winter moth
- Winter Park
113 more phrasesFewer phrases
- winter plum
- winter rats
- winter road
- winter time
- winter tire
- winter tyre
- winter worm
- winter wren
- winter blues
- winter books
- winter boots
- winter break
- winter coats
- winter count
- Winter Games
- winter gourd
- winter grape
- Winter Haven
- winter kills
- winter melon
- winter moons
- winter plums
- winter roads
- winter sport
- winter storm
- winter times
- winter tires
- winter tyres
- winter wheat
- winter worms
- winter wrens
- atomic winter
- impact winter
- winter breaks
- winter cherry
- winter counts
- winter fallow
- winter garden
- winter gourds
- winter grapes
- Winter Harbor
- winter melons
- winter radish
- winter salami
- winter savory
- winter sports
- winter squash
- winter storms
- Winter Valley
- winter warmer
- winter wheats
- dogwood winter
- nuclear winter
- winter country
- winter fallows
- Winter Finding
- winter gardens
- Winter Hexagon
- winter holiday
- winter jasmine
- winter salamis
- Winter Springs
- winter swimmer
- winter warmers
- volcanic winter
- winter aconites
- winter carnival
- winter cherries
- winter daffodil
- winter festival
- winter flounder
- winter holidays
- Winter Olympian
- Winter Olympics
- winter purslane
- winter quarters
- winter radishes
- winter savories
- winter solstice
- winter squashes
- winter sunstead
- winter swimmers
- Winter Triangle
- Secession Winter
- winter bentgrass
- winter carnivals
- winter countries
- winter daffodils
- winter festivals
- Winter Olympians
- winter solstices
- winter triathlon
- blackberry winter
- blackthorn winter
- winter depression
- winter heliotrope
- winter triathlons
- winter wonderland
- de Winter syndrome
- winter blunderland
- winter heliotropes
- winter wonderlands
- winter blunderlands
- Olympic Winter Games
- winter of discontent
- Winter Olympic Games
- winter vomiting disease
- buys straw hats in winter
- bought straw hats in winter
- buying straw hats in winter
- winter white Russian hamster
- winter white Russian hamsters
- Russian winter white dwarf hamsters
Words that rhyme with winter
Questions about winter
- What does winter mean?
- Winter means 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.
- What is winter in Hindi?
- Winter in Hindi is शीत (śīt), हेमंत (hemant), सर्दी (sardī). See Winter meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use winter in a sentence?
- […] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, [...]
- What part of speech is winter?
- Winter can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce winter?
- Winter is pronounced /ˈwɪntə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of winter?
- The plural of winter is winters.
Words near winter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: winter (page history and authors); Winter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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