"Winter" meaning in English

See Winter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Winters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Winters}} Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)
  1. (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-2BTSSuNN Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (countable) A unisex given name Tags: countable Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-3fN5tehH
  3. A placename
    An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Saskatchewan
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-DDnjXYCr
  4. A placename
    An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in West Virginia, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-Ls9WgqlJ
  5. A placename
    A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Wisconsin, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Wisconsin, USA, Towns in the United States, Villages in Wisconsin, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-Jiy2k5e9
  6. The personification of winter, wintertime Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-zXam7~Os
  7. (poetry) Alternative form of winter Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: winter Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-Winter-en-name-uLzfq4IK Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wintour [surname] Derived forms: Winter's bark (taxonomic: Drimys winteri)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Winter meaning in English (7.1kB)

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