Home › Words › A › autumnautumn/ˈɔːtəm/autumn means A female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season.autumn is pronounced /ˈɔːtəm/.EtymologyInherited 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.nameA female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season.nounTraditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.e.g.“autumn leaves”The time period when someone or something is past its prime.e.g.“She has beauty still, and if it be not in its heyday, it is not yet in its autumn.” — 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House:A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.verbTo spend the autumn (in a particular place).To (cause to) undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.autumntime 70% match — The period or season of autumn. vs autumn →autumnity 69% match — autumn vs autumn →autumnian 69% match — autumnal vs autumn →autumnish 69% match — Characteristic of autumn vs autumn →autumnly 68% match — Resembling or relating to autumn; fall-like. vs autumn →autumnal 67% match — Of or relating to autumn. vs autumn →autumny 67% match — Characteristic of autumn. vs autumn →autumnally 65% match — In an autumnal manner. vs autumn →