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Added 9 October 2026

autumn

/ˈɔːtəm/ noun

In Latin: autumnus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about autumn at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
in the fall of 1973

Origin

Inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus. Some of the verbal senses are from Latin autumnāre.

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