winter

UK /ˈwɪntə/ · /ˈwɪntɚ/

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, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”).

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Hyponyms

AI winter, atomic winter, blackberry winter, blackthorn winter, dogwood winter, General Winter, impact winter, Kondratiev winter, Long Winter, meteorological winter, nuclear winter, Russian winter, Soviet winter, volcanic winter