Oxford Dictionary English equinox noun noun BrE BrE//ˈiːkwɪnɒks// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈiːkwɪnɑːks// ; BrE BrE//ˈekwɪnɒks// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈekwɪnɑːks// The sun and the moon Add to my wordlistjump to other results enlarge image one of the two times in the year (around 20 March and 22 September) when the sun is above the equator and day and night are of equal length the spring/autumn equinox Wordfinderearthclimate, earth, equator, equinox, hemisphere, International Date Line, latitude, map, planet, tropic Wordfindersundaylight, eclipse, equinox, ray, rise, solar, solstice, the sun, twilight, the universe Oxford Collocations DictionaryEquinox is used after these nouns: autumn, fall, spring, … See full entry See related entries: The sun and the moon Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French equinoxe or Latin aequinoctium, from aequi- ‘equal’ + nox, noct- ‘night’.See equinox in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: equinox oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
