midwinter

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• /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/
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From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 隆冬 (lóngdōng) — the middle of winter
• Dutch: midwinter — the middle of winter
• Finnish: keskitalvi — the middle of winter
• French: milieu de l'hiver — the middle of winter
• Georgian: შუა ზამთარი (šua zamtari) — the middle of winter
• Georgian: შუაგული ზამთარი (šuaguli zamtari) — the middle of winter
• German: only circumlocutions — the middle of winter
• German: Mitte des Winters — the middle of winter
• Japanese: 真冬 (mafuyu) — the middle of winter
• Māori: whaturua — the middle of winter
• Māori: Maruaroa o te Takurua — the middle of winter
• Navajo: haiʼííłnííʼ — the middle of winter
• Polish: środek zimy — the middle of winter
• Portuguese: pleno inverno — the middle of winter
• Romanian: miezul iernii — the middle of winter
• Russian: середи́на зимы (seredína zimy) — the middle of winter
• Scottish Gaelic: leth a' gheamhraidh — the middle of winter
• Spanish: pleno invierno — the middle of winter
• Swedish: midvinter — the middle of winter
• Welsh: canol gaeaf — the middle of winter
• Bulgarian: зимно слънцестоене (zimno slǎncestoene) — the winter solstice
• Chinese Mandarin: 冬至 (dōngzhì) — the winter solstice
• Dutch: midwinter — the winter solstice
• Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus — the winter solstice
• French: solstice d'hiver — the winter solstice
• German: Wintersonnenwende — the winter solstice
• Polish: przesilenie zimowe — the winter solstice
• Portuguese: solstício do inverno — the winter solstice
• Russian: зимнее солнцестоя́ние (zimneje solncestojánije) — the winter solstice
• Swedish: vintersolstånd — the winter solstice