Autumn Equinox Day falls on Friday this year.
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Equinox
//ˈɛkwɪnɒks//
Synonyms for "equinox" (38 found)
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116 translations across 86 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- dag-en-nag-ewening noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Albanian
1 entries- ekuinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰσημερία noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Arabic
1 entries- اِعْتِدَال noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Armenian
1 entries- գիշերահավասար noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Asturian
1 entries- equinocciu noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ekinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- gecə-gündüzün bərabərliyi noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Banjarese
1 entries- ekuinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Basque
1 entries- ekinokzio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Belarusian
1 entries- раўнадзе́нства noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Bengali
1 entries- বিষুব noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Breton
1 entries- kedez noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Bulgarian
1 entries- равноде́нствие noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Catalan
1 entries- equinocci noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Cebuano
1 entries- kilingan noun (one of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 二分點 /二分点 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- 分點 /分点 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- 晝夜平分點 /昼夜平分点 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Czech
3 entries- ekvinokce noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- ekvinokcium noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- rovnodennost noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Danish
1 entries- jævndøgn noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Dutch
3 entries- dag-en-nachtevening noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- equinox noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- nachtevening noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Esperanto
2 entries- ekvinokso noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- tagnoktegaleco noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Estonian
2 entries- pööripäev noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- võrdpäevsus noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Faroese
1 entries- javndøgur noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Finnish
3 entries- päiväntasaus noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- päiväntasaus noun (circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length)
- tasauspiste noun (one of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
French
1 entries- équinoxe noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Galician
1 entries- equinoccio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Georgian
3 entries- ბუნიაობა noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- ბუნიობა noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- დღეღამტოლობა noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
German
3 entries- Tagnachtgleiche noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- Tagundnachtgleiche noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- Äquinoktium noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Greek
1 entries- ισημερία noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Gujarati
1 entries- સમપ્રકાશીય ઘટના કે વિષુવકાલ noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Hebrew
1 entries- נקודת השוויון noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Hindi
1 entries- विषुव noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Hungarian
1 entries- nap-éj egyenlőség noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Icelandic
1 entries- jafndægur noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Ido
1 entries- equinoxo noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Indonesian
1 entries- ekuinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Interlingua
1 entries- equinoctio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Irish
1 entries- cónocht noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Italian
1 entries- equinozio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Japanese
1 entries- 分点 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Kannada
1 entries- ವಿಷುವತ್ ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Khmer
3 entries- វិសុវ័ត noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- សមភាពរាត្រី noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- សមរាត្រី noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Korean
1 entries- 분점 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Lao
1 entries- ວິສຸວັດ noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Latin
1 entries- aequinoctium noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Latvian
1 entries- ekvinokcija noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Lithuanian
2 entries- ekvinokcija noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- lygiadienis noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- equinoxe noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Macedonian
2 entries- рамноде́ница noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- рамнодне́вица noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Malagasy
1 entries- ekinôksa noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Malay
1 entries- ekuinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Malayalam
1 entries- വിഷുവം noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Māori
1 entries- pahore o Rehua noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Norman
2 entries- étchinosse noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- êtchinnoxe noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- jevndøgn noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- jamdøgn noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Occitan
1 entries- equinòcci noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Old English
1 entries- efnniht noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Old Frisian
1 entries- evennacht noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Old Norse
1 entries- jafndœgri noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Persian
2 entries- اعتدال noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- برابران noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Polish
2 entries- ekwinokcjum noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- równonoc noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Portuguese
1 entries- equinócio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Prakrit
1 entries- 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀼𑀯 noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸਮਰਾਤ noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Romanian
2 entries- echinocțiu noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- echinox noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Russian
1 entries- равноде́нствие noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विषुव noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Sardinian
1 entries- ecuinòtziu noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- co-fhad-thràth noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ravnodnevnica noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- ravnòdnevica noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- равно̀дневица noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- равнодневница noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Slovak
2 entries- ekvinokcium noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- rovnodennosť noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Slovene
2 entries- ekvinokcij noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- enakonočje noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Spanish
1 entries- equinoccio noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Swahili
2 entries- ikwinoksi noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- sikusare noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Swedish
1 entries- dagjämning noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Tagalog
1 entries- ekinoksiyo noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Tajik
1 entries- эътидол noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Tamil
2 entries- சம இரவு நாள் noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
- விடுவம் noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Telugu
1 entries- విషువత్తు noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Thai
1 entries- วิษุวัต noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Turkish
1 entries- ekinoks noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рівноде́ння noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Urdu
1 entries- اِعْتِدال noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Uzbek
1 entries- tengkunlik noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điểm phân noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Welsh
1 entries- cyhydnos noun (one of the two times in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth)
Sample sentences
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No heat or cold lasts beyond the equinox.
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From the spring equinox the days become longer than the nights, and living creatures are becoming full of life.
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The equinox is the day when day and night are the same length.
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