hibernum

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hiːˈbɛr.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈbɛr.num] === Etymology 1 === Ellipsis of hībernum tempus (“winter-time”). Came to replace hiems (“winter”) in the development from Latin to Romance. ==== Alternative forms ==== hybernum (Medieval Latin) ==== Noun ==== hībernum n (genitive hībernī); second declension (Late Latin) winter Synonym: hiems ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Descendants resulting from the word being reanalyzed as in + vērnus: ==== References ==== Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “hībĕrnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 421 ==== Further reading ==== “hibernum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== hībernum inflection of hībernus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular