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winter ['wɪntə(r)]1 nounhiver m;∎ it never snows here in (the) winter il ne neige jamais ici en hiver;∎ she was born in the winter of 1913 elle est née pendant l'hiver 1913;∎ we spent the winter in Nice nous avons passé l'hiver à Nice;∎ a cold winter's day une froide journée d'hiver;∎ literary a man of seventy-five winters un homme qui a vu passer soixante-quinze hivers;∎ the winter of discontent = l'hiver 1978-79, marqué en Grande-Bretagne par de graves conflits sociaux(clothing, holiday) d'hiverformal (spend winter) passer l'hiver, hiverner(farm animals) hiverner►► Botany winter aconite aconit m d'hiver;winter barley escourgeon m;Botany winter cherry alkékenge f, coqueret m;winter corn semis m d'hiver;Botany winter cress barbarée f;winter depression dépression f hivernale ou saisonnière;winter garden (conservatory) jardin m d'hiver;the Winter Olympics les jeux mpl Olympiques d'hiver;winter resort station f de sports d'hiver;winter season saison f d'hiver;winter solstice solstice m d'hiver;winter sports sports mpl d'hiver;winter wheat blé m d'hiver;Ornithology winter wren roitelet mⓘ THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT Cette allusion à la première phrase de la pièce Richard III de Shakespeare désigne souvent l'hiver 1978-79 en Grande-Bretagne, marqué par de graves conflits sociaux qui amenèrent le gouvernement travailliste à tenir des élections qu'il perdit. L'expression est parfois utilisée pour désigner des hivers plus récents présentant les mêmes caractéristiques. -
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midwinter [‚mɪd'wɪntə(r)](middle of winter) milieu m de l'hiver, cœur m de l'hiver; (solstice) solstice m d'hiver;∎ in midwinter au milieu de l'hiver;∎ a midwinter or midwinter's day un jour d'hiver
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Winter solstice — Winter Win ter, n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter, OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr, Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo white (in comp.), OIr. find white. ????.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Winter Solstice (2004 film) — Infobox Film name = Winter Solstice image size = caption = director = Josh Sternfeld producer = writer = Josh Sternfeld narrator = starring = Anthony LaPaglia Aaron Stanford Mark Webber music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released =… … Wikipedia
winter solstice — i. The point on the ecliptic occupied by the sun at the maximum southerly declination. Sometimes called the December solstice or the first point of Capricornus. See first point of Capricornus. ii. The instant at which the sun reaches the point of … Aviation dictionary
winter solstice — noun December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point (Freq. 1) • Ant: ↑summer solstice • Hypernyms: ↑solstice • Part Holonyms: ↑winter, ↑wintertime … Useful english dictionary