winter in English: The coldest season of the year, when the days are short and it often snows. (noun)

/ˈwɪntə/

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Translation

The coldest season of the year, when the days are short and it often snows.

Word origin

From Old English winter, the cold season, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.

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"Winter" is the cold season of the year.

coldest .

Here "winter" names one single cold season.

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"Winter" can describe another word, as in "winter months".

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This word is part of lesson 33.