autumn
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
autumn/ˈɔːtəm/
▶noun
- 1 chiefly Brit. the season after summer and before winter.
- 2 Astronomy the period from the autumn equinox to the winter solstice.
– derivatives
autumnal /ɔːˈtʌmn(ə)l/ adjective.
autumnal /ɔːˈtʌmn(ə)l/ adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. autompne, or later directly from L. autumnus.
'autumn' also found in these Oxford entries:
autumn crocus
- burning bush
- chokeberry
- colchicum
- euonymus
- fall
- felwort
- gossamer
- harvest
- harvest moon
- hazel
- Indian summer
- leaf peeper
- light
- meadow saffron
- Michaelmas term
- mop
- Navaratri
- saffron
- season
- seasonal affective disorder
- snowflake
- solar year
- Succoth
- sumac
- summer
- turn
- Virginia creeper
- winter
- xanthophyll
