winter solstice

English

Noun

winter solstice (usually uncountable, plural winter solstices)

1. (astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.

Coordinate terms

• summer solstice
• autumnal equinox
• vernal equinox

Translations

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun

• Bulgarian: зимно слънцестоене n (zimno slǎncestoene)
• Catalan: solstici d'hivern m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冬至 (dung¹ zi³), 冬節, 冬节 (dung¹ zit³)

  Hakka: 冬至 (tûng-chṳ), 冬節, 冬节 (tûng-chiet)

  Mandarin: 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì), 冬節 (zh), 冬节 (zh) (dōngjié), 南至 (zh) (nánzhì)

  Min Nan: 冬至 (zh-min-nan) (tang-chì), 冬節, 冬节 (tang-cheh, tang-choeh)

• Czech: zimní slunovrat m
• Danish: vintersolhverv (da) n
• Estonian: talvine pööripäev
• Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus (fi)
• French: solstice d'hiver (fr) m
• Galician: solsticio de inverno (gl) m
• Georgian: ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა (zamtris nabunioba), ზამთრის მზებუდობა (zamtris mzebudoba), ზამთრის მზისდგომა (zamtris mzisdgoma)
• German: Wintersonnenwende (de) f
• Greek: χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο n (cheimerinó iliostásio)
• Icelandic: vetrarsólstöður f pl, vetrarsólhvörf n pl
• Irish: grianstad an gheimhridh m
• Italian: solstizio d'inverno m
• Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji)

• Korean: 동지 (ko) (dongji) (冬至 (ko))
• Latin: brūma f
• Maori: te Ihu o Hinetakurua
• Navajo: haigo shá niighááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vintersolverv n

  Nynorsk: vintersolkverv m

• Polish: przesilenie zimowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: solstício de inverno m
• Romanian: solstițiu de iarnă n
• Russian: зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние n (zímneje solncestojánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad geamhraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: краткодневница f, краткодневица f

  Roman: kratkodnevnica f, kratkodnevica (sh) f

• Spanish: solsticio de invierno m
• Swedish: vintersolstånd (sv) n
• Thai: เหมายัน (th) (hemayan)
• Vietnamese: đông chí (冬至)

See also

• December solstice
• June solstice