"wintry" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɪnt(ə)ɹi/ [General-American], [ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wintry.wav Forms: wintrier [comparative], wintriest [superlative]
enPR: ʹwĭnt(ə-)rē [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪntɹi Etymology: From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|winter|y}} winter + -y, {{cog|ang|wintriġ}} Old English wintriġ Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest)
  1. Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. Categories (topical): Winter Synonyms (suggestive or characteristic of winter): brumal, hibernal, hiemal Translations (suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy): χειμέριος (kheimérios) (Ancient Greek), شَتَوِيّ (šatawiyy) (Arabic), ձմեռային (jmeṙayin) (Armenian), зімо́вы (zimóvy) (Belarusian), зі́мні (zímni) (Belarusian), мразовит (mrazovit) (Bulgarian), gwavek (Cornish), mrazivý (Czech), ledový (Czech), vintra (Esperanto), talvinen (Finnish), hivernal (French), hibernal (French), invernal (Galician), invernizo (Galician), ზამთრული (zamtruli) (Georgian), ზამთრის (zamtris) (Georgian), საზამთრო (sazamtro) [nonstandard] (Georgian), სუსხიანი (susxiani) (Georgian), ცივი (civi) (Georgian), winterlich (German), télies (Hungarian), invernale (Italian), hiemālis (Latin), hibernalis (Latin), žiemiškas (Lithuanian), geuragh (Manx), pūhuka (Maori), vinterlig (Norwegian), زمستانی (Persian), zimowy (Polish), hibernal (Portuguese), invernal (Portuguese), invernoso (Portuguese), iernatic (Romanian), холо́дный (xolódnyj) (Russian), зи́мний (zímnij) (Russian), geamhradail (Scottish Gaelic), geamhrachail (Scottish Gaelic), invernal (Spanish), -a baridi sana (Swahili), vintrig (Swedish), зимо́вий (zymóvyj) (Ukrainian), invernal (Venetian), gaeafol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wintry-en-adj-twZ52KTN Disambiguation of Winter: 49 4 13 33 Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'suggestive or characteristic of winter': 97 0 1 1 Disambiguation of 'suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy': 93 1 2 4
  2. (of precipitation) Containing sleet or snow.
    Sense id: en-wintry-en-adj-ESinlvRA
  3. Aged, white-haired. Translations (aged, white(-haired etc.)): harmaahapsinen (Finnish), седо́й (sedój) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wintry-en-adj-YvG2ALM9 Disambiguation of 'aged, white(-haired etc.)': 4 2 83 11
  4. Chilling, cheerless. Translations (chilling, cheerless): безрадостен (bezradosten) (Bulgarian), fagyos (Hungarian), уны́лый (unýlyj) (Russian), неприветливый (neprivetlivyj) (Russian), oer (Welsh), oeraidd (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wintery Derived forms: unwintry, wintrily, wintriness, wintry mix, wintry shower

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sedój",
      "sense": "aged, white(-haired etc.)",
      "word": "седо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezradosten",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "безрадостен"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "fagyos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unýlyj",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "уны́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprivetlivyj",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "неприветливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "oer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chilling, cheerless",
      "word": "oeraidd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wintry"
}

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