autumn

au·tumn  (ôtm)

n.

1. The season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice and from September to December in the Northern Hemisphere; fall.

2. A period of maturity verging on decline.

adj.

1. Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of autumn: autumn foliage; autumn harvests.

2. Grown during the season of autumn: autumn crops.

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[Middle English autumpne, from Old French autompne, from Latin autumnus.]

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au·tumnal (ô-tmnl) adj.

au·tumnal·ly adv.

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autumn

Noun

1. the season of the year between summer and winter

2. a period of late maturity followed by a decline [Latin autumnus]

autumnal adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

autumn - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" fall Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn autumnal equinox, fall equinox, September equinox - September 22 time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"

Translations

autumn [ˈɔːtəm] n → otoño

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autumn [ˈɔːtəm] n → automne m

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autumn [ˈɔːtəm] n → Herbst m;

in autumn → im Herbst

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autumn [ˈɔːtəm] n → autunno