midsummer

See also: Midsummer

English

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Etymology

From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- +‎ summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/
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Noun

midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers)

  1. The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
  2. The first day of summer.
  3. The middle of summer.
  4. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
  5. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

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Adjective

midsummer (not comparable)

  1. Of or occurring in the middle of summer.

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