automne
French
Etymology
From Old French automne, a borrowing from Latin autumnus. The inherited equivalent was après août (literally “after August”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔn/, /ɔ.tɔn/
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Derived terms
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See also
Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text) · category | |||
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printemps (“spring”) | été (“summer”) | automne (“autumn”) | hiver (“winter”) |
Further reading
- “automne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- amptone
- auptonne
- autonne
- autompne
Noun
automne oblique singular, m (oblique plural automnes, nominative singular automnes, nominative plural automne)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (automne, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “automne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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