spring

En français : source, ressort, printemps

1. An act of springing: a leap, a jump. (countable)
2. The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life. (countable, uncountable) · Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.· You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
3. The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars. (countable, uncountable)
4. The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere. (countable, uncountable) · I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.· The spring issue will be out next week.
5. The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process. (figuratively, uncountable)
6. A period of political liberalization and democratization. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · Arab Spring· Prague Spring
7. Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. (countable)
8. A spray or body of water springing from the ground. (countable, uncountable) · This beer was brewed with pure spring water.

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