Autumn

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɔː.tÉ™m/
• US enPR: äʹtÉ™m, IPA: ˈɒ.ɾəm, ˈɑ.ɾəm

Origin

From Old French automne, from Latin autumnus.

Full definition of autumn

Noun

1. Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 22, In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

Usage notes

Note that season names are usually spelled in all lowercase letters in English.

Synonyms

• US, Canada fall

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

1. Of or relating to autumn.
   autumn leaves
• 1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.