winter

hiver

La saison la plus froide de l’année, entre l’automne et le printemps.

En anglais simple : The coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring.

• It often snows here in winter.
• Last winter was warmer than usual.
• We spend our winters near the sea.

Contraires : summer

Expressions courantes : in winter, winter weather, winter clothes

hiverner, passer l'hiver

Passer la saison froide dans un endroit donné.

En anglais simple : To spend the coldest season of the year in a particular place.

• The birds winter in Africa.
• We wintered on the coast last year.
• The farmer winters his cattle in a sheltered valley.

Comment l'utiliser : winter in a place (These birds winter in southern Spain.)

Synonymes : overwinter

Expressions courantes : winter in Florida, winter on something, winter in Spain