winter solstice

English

winter solstice (usually uncountable, plural winter solstices)

(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun.

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun

Bulgarian: зимно слънцестоене n (zimno slǎncestoene)
Catalan: solstici d'hivern m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 冬至 (dung¹ zi³), 冬節, 冬节 (dung¹ zit³)

Hakka: 冬至 (tûng-chṳ), 冬節, 冬节 (tûng-chiet)

Mandarin: 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì), 冬節 (zh), 冬节 (zh) (dōngjié), 南至 (zh) (nánzhì)

Min Nan: 冬至 (zh-min-nan) (tang-chì), 冬節, 冬节 (tang-cheh, tang-choeh)
Czech: zimní slunovrat m
Danish: vintersolhverv (da) n
Estonian: talvine pööripäev
Finnish: talvipäivänseisaus (fi)
French: solstice d'hiver (fr) m
Galician: solsticio de inverno (gl) m
Georgian: ზამთრის ნაბუნიობა (zamtris nabunioba), ზამთრის მზებუდობა (zamtris mzebudoba), ზამთრის მზისდგომა (zamtris mzisdgoma)
German: Wintersonnenwende (de) f
Greek: χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο n (cheimerinó iliostásio)
Icelandic: vetrarsólstöður f pl, vetrarsólhvörf n pl
Irish: grianstad an gheimhridh m
Italian: solstizio d'inverno m
Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji)

Korean: 동지 (ko) (dongji) (冬至 (ko))
Latin: brūma f
Maori: te Ihu o Hinetakurua
Navajo: haigo shá niighááh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vintersolverv n

Nynorsk: vintersolkverv m
Polish: przesilenie zimowe (pl) n
Portuguese: solstício de inverno m
Romanian: solstițiu de iarnă n
Russian: зи́мнее солнцестоя́ние n (zímneje solncestojánije)
Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad geamhraidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: краткодневница f, краткодневица f

Roman: kratkodnevnica f, kratkodnevica (sh) f
Spanish: solsticio de invierno m
Swedish: vintersolstånd (sv) n
Thai: เหมายัน (th) (hemayan)
Vietnamese: đông chí (冬至)