automne
French
Etymology
From Old French automne, autompne, probably later borrowed from Latin autumnus. The rural and popular term for autumn was après août (“after August”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔn/
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Related terms
See also
| Seasons in French · saisons (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| printemps (“spring”) | été (“summer”) | automne (“autumn”) | hiver (“winter”) |
Further reading
- “automne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- amptone
- auptonne
- autonne
- autompne
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (automne, supplement)
- “automne” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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