Meaning

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

Winter

La plus froide des quatre saisons de l'année (21 ou 22 décembre-20 ou 21 mars, dans l'hémisphère Nord).

Context words

coldest; equinox; extends; hemisphere; northern; season; solstice; vernal; winter; year 시어; 철 зимистон

Terms

This meaning contains 91 terms in 64 different languages. Displaying 91 results in all languages. ( Preferences )

Word	Language	Frequency
■ winter Noun; Common	Afrikaans	0
■ dimri Noun; Common	Albanian	3.87
■ dimër Noun; Common	Albanian	28.57
■ winter Noun; Common	English, Old (ca. 450-1100)	37.13
■ شتاء Noun; Common	Arabic	5.5
■ iviernu Noun; Common	Asturian	25.13
■ negu Noun; Common	Basque	0
■ зіма Noun; Common	Belarusian	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Bosnian	0
■ зима Noun; Common	Bulgarian	0
■ hivern Noun; Masculine; Common	Catalan	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Czech	2.37
■ 冬 Noun	Chinese	0
■ 冬天 Noun	Chinese	0
■ 冬季 Noun; Common	Chinese	0
■ gaeaf Noun; Common	Welsh	0
■ vinter Noun; Singular; Indefinite; Common	Danish	9.08
■ Winter Noun; Masculine; Common	German	42.08
■ Winterzeit Noun; Singular; Feminine; Common	German	0.48
■ winter Noun; Non-Neuter; Indefinite; Common	Dutch	25.1
■ heimwna$ Noun; Common; Latin	Greek	0
■ χειμώνας Noun; Masculine; Greek; Common	Greek	0
■ ό χειμώνας Greek	Greek	0
■ winter Noun; Singular; Count; Common	English	39.07
■ wintertime Noun; Singular; Common	English	0.39
■ vintro Noun; Common	Esperanto	0
■ invierno Noun; Singular; Masculine; Common	Spanish	26.23
■ talv	Estonian	0
■ vetur Noun; Common	Faroese	0
■ talvi Noun; Common	Finnish	1.02
■ hiver Noun; ivεr; Singular; Masculine; Indefinite; Common	French	22.04
■ winter Noun; Common	Frisian	0
■ unvier Noun; Common	Friulian	118.3
■ geimhreadh Noun; Masculine	Irish	0
■ ზამთარი Noun; Common	Georgian	0
■ inverno Noun; Common	Gallegan	22.21
■ חורף Noun; Common	Hebrew	0
■ जाडा Noun; jADA	Hindi	0
■ बुढापा Noun; buDhApA	Hindi	0
■ शरद ऋतु Noun; sharada R^itu; Common	Hindi	0
■ शीत ऋतु Noun; shIta R^itu; Common	Hindi	0
■ tél Noun; Common	Hungarian	0
■ vetur Noun; Common	Icelandic	31.66
■ inverno Noun; Singular; Masculine; Common	Italian	7.77
■ けんとう Noun; Common; Japanesekana	Japanese	0
■ げんとう Noun; Common; Japanesekana	Japanese	0
■ ふゆ Noun; Common	Japanese	0
■ ウィンター Noun; Common; Japanesekana	Japanese	0
■ 冬 Noun; Common	Japanese	0
■ 玄冬 Noun; Japanesekanji; Common	Japanese	0
■ qës	Kazakh	0
■ qёsh	Kirghiz	0
■ 겨울 Noun; Common	Korean	0
■ 나이 Noun; Plural	Korean	0
■ 추운 기간 Noun	Korean	0
■ 추운 기후 Noun	Korean	0
■ 춘추 Noun; Plural	Korean	0
■ 한기 Noun	Korean	0
■ hiems Noun; Common	Latin	43.03
■ ziema	Latvian	0
■ žiema Noun; Common	Lithuanian	0
■ xitwa Noun; Singular; Feminine	Maltese	0
■ vinter Noun; Common	Norwegian Nynorsk	12.79
■ vinter Noun; Common	Norwegian	11.34
■ invierno Noun; Common	Papiamento	0
■ tempu di friu Noun; Common	Papiamento	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Polish	0
■ inverno Noun; Singular; Masculine; Common	Portuguese	36.29
■ jamai	Pushto	0
■ iarnå Noun; Common	Romany	0
■ zima Noun; Common; Latin	Russian	0
■ зима Noun; Cyrillic; Common	Russian	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Croatian	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Slovak	0
■ zima Noun; Common	Slovenian	0
■ зима Noun; Common	Serbian	0
■ zayn	Sarikoli	0
■ vinter Noun; Singular; Non-Neuter; Indefinite; Common	Swedish	9.73
■ vinter vintrar Noun	Swedish	0
■ vintertid Noun; Singular; Non-Neuter; Indefinite; Common	Swedish	3.59
■ zimiston	Tajik	0
■ зимистон Noun; Common	Tajik	0
■ หน้าหนาว	Thai	0
■ kix Noun; Common	Turkish	0
■ kış Noun; Common	Turkish	0
■ qish	Uighur	0
■ ئاياز Noun; Common	Uighur	0
■ qish Noun	Uzbek	8.95
■ mùa đông Noun; Common	Vietnamese	122.24
■ ווינטער Noun; Common	Yiddish	0
■ ubusika Noun; Common	Zulu	0

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-1

one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

atmospheric; conditions; divided; equinoxes; natural; periods; solstices; year

Catalan	■ estació ■ estació de l'any ■ temporada
English	■ season ■ time of year

French	■ Saison
German	■ Jahreszeit ■ Saison
Italian	■ Stagione

-2

an amount of time

amount; time

English	■ period ■ period of time ■ time period
German	■ Periode

Hindi	■ काल चक्र
Swedish	■ tidsperiod

-3

one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement

basis; measurement; quantities; systems

English

■

fundamental measure

■

fundamental quantity

-4

how much there is of something that you can quantify

Grammar

quantify

Afrikaans	■ bedrag
Dutch	■ bedrag ■ som ■ somma ■ summa ■ totaal ■ totaalbedrag ■ totaalcijfer

English	■ amount ■ measure ■ qty ■ quantity ■ sum
German	■ Betrag ■ Summe
Portuguese	■ Soma ■ importância ■ quantia ■ total

-5

a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

common; concept; examples; extracting; features; formed; general; specific

Dutch	■ abstract begrip ■ abstractie
English	■ abstraction

French	■ abstraction
German	■ Abstraktion ■ Abstraktum
Portuguese	■ abstracção

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Examples

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

Months

Януари louwmaand 10; begins; days; month; solstice; winter; year Ja.; 略 Jan.

Part Meronym

the month following January and preceding March

Months

January; March; following; month; preceding 略 Feb.

Part Meronym

Chinese	■ 2月 ■ 二月
English	■ Feb. ■ February ■ feb ■ the month February

Japanese	■ 2月 ■ にがつ ■ 二月
Korean	■ 2월
Scottish Gaelic	■ An gearran

the last (12th) month of the year

Slang

Months

12th; month; proprieties; year the -cies; 고어; 사회적; 언어·동작의; 평화·정적을 연상시킴;略 Dec.

Part Meronym

December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point

22; December; point; southernmost; sun

Part Meronym

English	■ winter solstice
French	■ solstice d'hiver

German	■ Winteranfang ■ Wintersonnenwende
Japanese	■ とうじ ■ 冬至

one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

atmospheric; conditions; divided; equinoxes; natural; periods; solstices; year

Hypernym

Catalan	■ estació ■ estació de l'any ■ temporada
English	■ season ■ time of year

French	■ Saison
German	■ Jahreszeit ■ Saison
Italian	■ Stagione

the middle of winter

middle; winter

Part Meronym

prepare for winter

prepare; winter

Nominalization

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■

spend; winter at; in; 주로 비유

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Meaning

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

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