seasonality en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sísh₁eti Proto-Italic *sizō Latin serō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin satiō Old French saison French saison Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French assaisonnerbor. English season Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English seasonal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English seasonality From seasonal + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Variation with the seasons
Tourism has a high degree of seasonality.
Between the wars the volume of holiday traffic trebled, but the principal drawback remained - that of seasonality.
2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seasonalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
hu szezonalitás (variation with seasons) · hu idényjelleg (variation with seasons) · gu મોસમીપણું (variation with seasons) · pl sezonowość (variation with seasons) · fr saisonnalité (variation with seasons) · ms kebermusiman (variation with seasons) · fi sesonkiluonteisuus (variation with seasons) · id musiman (variation with seasons) · es estacionalidad (variation with seasons) · hi मौसमीपन (variation with seasons) · ca estacionalitat (variation with seasons) · hu idényszerűség (variation with seasons)