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autumn

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au·tumn  tm)
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.

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

au·tumnal (ô-tmnl) adj.
au·tumnal·ly adv.

autumn [ˈɔːtəm]
n
1. (sometimes capital)
a.  Also called (esp US) fall the season of the year between summer and winter, astronomically from the September equinox to the December solstice in the N hemisphere and from the March equinox to the June solstice in the S hemisphere
b.  (as modifier) autumn leaves
2. a period of late maturity, esp one followed by a decline
[from Latin autumnus, perhaps of Etruscan origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.autumnautumn - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer - a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
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"

autumn noun
Related words
adjective autumnal
Translations
autumn [ˈɔːtəm] N (esp Brit) → otoño m
in autumnen otoño
I like to go walking in (the) autumnme gusta salir a pasear en otoño
in the autumn of 1998en el otoño de 1998
in early/late autumna principios/a finales del otoño
an autumn dayun día de otoño

autumn [ˈɔːtəm] nautomne m
in autumn → en automne

autumn (esp Brit)
n (lit, fig)Herbst m; in (the) autumnim Herbst; two autumns agoim Herbst vor zwei Jahren
adj attrHerbst-, herbstlich; autumn leavesbunte (Herbst)blätter pl

autumn [ˈɔːtəm]
1. nautunno
2. adjautunnale

autumn [ˈɔːtəm]
1. nautunno
2. adjautunnale

autumn
n autumn [ˈoːtəm]
(Americanfall) the season of the year when leaves change colour and fall and fruits ripen. herfs فَصل الخَريف есен podzim efterår der Herbst φθινόπωρο otoño sügis پاییز syksy automne סְתַו @@@סְתַיו$$$ शरद ऋतु jesen ősz musim gugur haust autunno 가을 ruduo rudens musim luruh herfst høst jesień outono toamnă осень jeseň jesen jesen höst ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง sonbahar 秋季 осінь موسم خزاں ،پت جھڑ mùa thu
adj autumnal [oːˈtamnəl]
herfsagtig خَريفي есенен podzimní efterårsagtig herbstlich φθινοπωρινός otoñal sügisene پاییزی syksyinen d'automne סְתַווִי शरत्कालीन jesenski őszies mengenai musim gugur haust-, haustlegur autunnale 秋の 가을의 rudeninis rudens-; rudenīgs musim luruh herfst- høst-, høstlig jesienny outonal de toamnă осенний jesenný jesenski jesenji höst-, höstlig, höstlik ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับฤดูใบไม้ร่วง sonbahara ait 秋季的 осінній خزاں سے متعلق thuộc mùa thu

autumn الخريف podzim efterår Herbst φθινόπωρο otoño syksy automne jesen autunno 가을 herfst høst jesień outono осень höst ฤดูใบไม้ร่วง sonbahar mùa thu 秋天


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He looketh afar o'er the waves, Wind-ruffled and deep and green; And the mantle of Autumn lies Over wood and hill and ravine.
Petersburg, at the time when we reached the city, we encountered nothing but rain, bitter autumn frosts, dull skies, ugliness, and crowds of strangers who looked hostile, discontented, and disposed to take offence.
This is the autumn time of the year; we are most of us leaving home for the holidays.
 
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