winter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.

   We often get snow here in winter.

2. 2
   verb

   To spend the winter in a particular place.

   When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.

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”).

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