autumn

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
• A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.

Adjective

• Of or relating to autumn; autumnal

Verb

• To spend the autumn (in a particular place).

Related

Similar words

• fall, harvest, back end.
• decline.

Origin

• From Middle English autumpne, from Old French automne, from Latin autumnus.