Wintery — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characteristic of or occurring in winter

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪntɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪntəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪntəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈɪntɚɹi/.

Examples

suffered severe wintry weather
brown wintry grasses

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wintry

Antonyms

autumnal summery vernal

Parts of Speech

adjective

characteristic of or occurring in winter

“suffered severe wintry weather”

Word Forms

winter

noun

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

winterlich

charakteristisch für den Winter oder im Winter auftretend

🇫🇷French

hivernal

caractéristique ou se produisant en hiver

🇪🇸Spanish

invernal

característico o que ocurre en invierno

🇮🇹Italian

invernale

caratteristico o che si verifica in inverno

🇳🇱Dutch

winters

kenmerkend voor of voorkomend in de winter

🇵🇹Portuguese

invernal

característico ou ocorrendo no inverno

🇷🇺Russian

зимний

характерно или происходит зимой

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शीत ऋतु

सर्दी की विशेषता या घटित होना

🇧🇩Bengali

শীতকালীন

শীতের বৈশিষ্ট্য বা ঘটছে

🇮🇳Tamil

குளிர்காலம்

சிறப்பியல்பு அல்லது குளிர்காலத்தில் நிகழும்

🇮🇳Telugu

చలికాలం

లక్షణం లేదా శీతాకాలంలో సంభవించే

🇮🇳Marathi

हिवाळा

हिवाळ्यातील वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण किंवा उद्भवणारे

🇮🇳Gujarati

શિયાળુ

લાક્ષણિકતા અથવા શિયાળામાં થાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಳಿಗಾಲದ

ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಅಥವಾ ಚಳಿಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശീതകാലം

ശൈത്യകാലത്ത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സംഭവിക്കുന്ന സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਰਦੀਆਂ

ਦੀ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਸਰਦੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਪਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

موسم سرما

موسم سرما میں ہونے والی خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

冬天的

冬季的特征或发生在冬季

🇯🇵Japanese

冬っぽい

冬に特有の、または冬に起こる

🇰🇷Korean

겨울철의

겨울철의 특징이나 발생

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mùa đông

đặc điểm của hoặc xảy ra vào mùa đông

🇹🇭Thai

ฤดูหนาว

ลักษณะหรือเกิดขึ้นในฤดูหนาว

🇮🇩Indonesian

dingin

karakteristik atau terjadi di musim dingin

🇵🇭Filipino

taglamig

katangian ng o nagaganap sa taglamig

🇲🇾Malay

musim sejuk

ciri atau berlaku pada musim sejuk

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شتاء

مميزة أو تحدث في فصل الشتاء

🇮🇷Persian

زمستانی

مشخصه یا در زمستان رخ می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

kışlık

kışın karakteristik veya meydana gelen

🇮🇱Hebrew

חורפי

מאפיין או מתרחש בחורף

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