Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wintertide

/ˈwɪntɚtaɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: win-ter-tide
IPA: /ˈwɪntɚtaɪd/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic; Literary

Example Sentences

"Shut out the flower-time, / Sunbeam and shower-time; / Make way for our time, / The winter-tide."
"O winter tide, O winter tide, / Thy coming brings us sadness; / Afar are those we hold most dear, / Here men are strange, and skies are drear; […]"
"Thaw follows frost; hard on the heel of spring / Treads summer sure to die, for hard on hers / Comes autumn with his apples scattering; / Then back to wintertide, when nothing stirs."
"[…] Figure Skating was actually the very first winter sport included at the summer Olympic games in London 1908. Its wintertide equivalence was eventually introduced in 1924."
"So, grab yourself a spot of tea or a boozy hot chocolate, and celebrate the beginning of winter with these wintertide-inspired quotes."

Etymology

From Middle English wintertid, wyntertyde, from Old English winter + tid (“time”). By surface analysis, winter + -tide. Cognate to Dutch wintertijd (“winter time”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wintertid, winter

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɪntɚtaɪd/
British English: /ˈwɪntə(ɹ)taɪd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

wintertides (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wintertide?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪntɚtaɪd/.
What does wintertide mean?: wintertime
Where does wintertide come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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