No. 1,145 in French
hiver
Winter.
In a sentence
L'hiver est la saison la plus froide de l'année.
Winter is the coldest season of the year.
Here, 'hiver' is used as a noun referring to the season of winter.
En hiver, nous aimons faire du ski en montagne.
In winter, we like skiing in the mountains.
In this sentence, 'hiver' is used within a temporal phrase indicating the time during the winter months.
Cette photo me rappelle mes hivers passés en Norvège.
This photo reminds me of my past winters in Norway.
In this example, 'hivers' is used in its plural form to refer to multiple winter seasons experienced in the past.
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