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wintertide

wintertide

1 9.9
The cold season of the year with snow
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪntərˌtaɪd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : invierno
  • The old poem describes the beauty of wintertide with snow covering the fields.

Examples

  • The wintertide brings a magical stillness to the world.

  • During wintertide, the village was quiet and blanketed in white.

  • They spent many evenings by the fire throughout the long wintertide.

  • During the wintertide, the nights grow longer.

  • The village celebrated with joy as wintertide brought snowflakes dancing through the air.

  • As the days grew shorter, the charm of wintertide filled the town with festive decorations.

  • People gathered around the fire to share stories during the cozy nights of wintertide.

Synonyms

wintertime
vswintertide
24 1.0

The cold season of the year when days are short and often snowy

is an older poetic term used for the same season

Surface Forms

wintertide singular
wintertides plural

Morphology

wintertide = winter + tide (semi-transparent) = winter + tide

The meaning is compositionally 'winter' + 'tide' (period/season), but the suffix '-tide' sense 'time/season' is archaic and may be unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

The word wintertide combines winter and tide; tide used to mean 'time' or 'season', as in Yuletide or eventide, so wintertide simply means the time or season of winter.