autumn
English
/ˈɔːtəm/, /ˈɔtəm/
noun
Definitions
- Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
- (fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English autumpne derived from Old French automne derived from Latin autumnus (autumn, fall).
Origin
Latin
autumnus
Gloss
autumn, fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
秋
Emoji
🍁 🥮
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autumnal English
- autumnally English
- autumnful English
- autumnish English
- autumnize English
- autumntime English
- autumny English
- mid-autumn English
- time English
- *otumna Latin
- autumno Latin
- autumnus Latin
- autunno Italian
- automne French
- otoño Spanish, Castilian
- *h₃ewǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- オータム Japanese
- autumpne Middle English
- automne Old French
- outono Galician
- toamnă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- autaomme Norman
- automne Middle French
- outono Old Portuguese
- toamnã Aromanian
- auton Occitan
- aton Romansh
- atun Romansh
- utuon Romansh
- otoñu Asturian
- autun Friulian
- utuno Venetian
- aotùnno Ligurian
- autun Dalmatian
- outonho Mirandese