סעזאָן

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately derived from French saison, probably via Belarusian сезо́н (sjezón), Russian, Ukrainian сезо́н (sezón). Compare German Saison.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛˈzɔn/, /səˈzɔn/

Noun

סעזאָן • (sezon) m, plural סעזאָנען (sezonen)

  1. season
    Synonym: צײַט פֿון יאָר (tsayt fun yor)

Derived terms
  • אין סעזאָן (in sezon, “in season”)
  • ניטל־סעזאָן (nitl-sezon, “Yuletide”)

See also
Seasons in Yiddish · סעזאָנען (sezonen) (layout · text) · category
פֿרילינג (friling, “spring”),

וועסנע (vesne, “spring”),
פֿאַרפּסח (farpeysekh, “spring”)

 זומער (zumer, “summer”) האַרבסט (harbst, “autumn”),

אָסיען (osyen, “autumn”)

 ווינטער (vinter, “winter”),

רעגנצײַט (regntsayt, “(Israel) winter”)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “season”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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