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summer

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmə/

The English word “summer” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern…
  2. year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
  3. Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
  4. Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
  5. A horizontal beam supporting a building.
  6. A pack-horse.
  7. A person who sums.
  8. A machine or algorithm that sums.

verb

  1. To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.

Etymology

From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer, West Frisian simmer, Saterland Frisian Suumer, Dutch zomer, Low German Sommer, German Sommer, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer, Swedish sommar, Norwegian Nynorsk and…

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