Indian summer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən ˈsʌ.mə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈɪn.di.ən ˈsʌ.mɚ/
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Of North American origin, exact etymology uncertain. The most plausible suggestions are that Native Americans (or American Indians) called it a form of “summer” due to harvesting late plants or preparing for winter, or that European settlers coined it due to various Native American activities in this season, or due to the weather phenomenon being associated with regions inhabited by Native Americans. Alternatively, the use of the word Indian may indicate something deviating from the norm: compare terms like Indian bread, Indian corn.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَيْف هِنْدِيّ (ṣayf hindiyy) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Basque: uda txiki — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Basque: San Martin hegoak — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Basque: San Martinetako uda txiki — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Belarusian: бабі́на ле́та (babína ljéta) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Bulgarian: циганско лято (cigansko ljato) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Catalan: estiuet de Sant Martí — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Chinese Cantonese: 秋老虎 (cau1 lou5 fu2) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Chinese Mandarin: 秋老虎 (qiūlǎohǔ) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Czech: babí léto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Czech: indiánské léto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Dutch: nazomer — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Erzya: сово (sovo) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Faroese: heystlýkka — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Finnish: intiaanikesä — stretch of warm days in autumn
• French: été de la Saint-Martin — stretch of warm days in autumn
• French: été des Indiens — stretch of warm days in autumn
• French: été indien — stretch of warm days in autumn
• German: Altweibersommer — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Greek: γαϊδουροκαλόκαιρο (gaïdourokalókairo) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Hebrew: קיץ אינדיאני — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Hungarian: vénasszonyok nyara — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Hungarian: indián nyár — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Irish: samhradh beag — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Italian: estate di San Martino — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Italian: estate indiana — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Japanese: 小春 (koharu) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Japanese: 小春日和 (koharu-biyori) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Kazakh: қоңыр күз (qoñyr küz) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Korean: 인디언 서머 (indieon seomeo) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Latvian: atvasara — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Lithuanian: bobų vasara — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Macedonian: ци́ганско ле́то (cígansko léto) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Macedonian: ѓу́пско ле́то (ǵúpsko léto) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Norman: p'tit êté — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Norwegian Bokmål: sensommer — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Norwegian Bokmål: husmannssommer — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Norwegian Bokmål: indian summer — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Persian: گرمای پاییزه — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Polish: babie lato — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Polish: złota jesień — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Portuguese: veranico — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Portuguese: verão de São Martinho — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Romanian: vară indiană — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Russian: ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Russian: инде́йское ле́то (indéjskoje léto) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Serbo-Croatian: bablje ljeto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Serbo-Croatian: Miholjsko ljeto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Serbo-Croatian: Martinjsko ljeto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Slovak: babie leto — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Spanish: veranillo — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Swedish: indiansommar — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Swedish: brittsommar — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Turkish: pastırma yazı — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Ukrainian: бабине літо (babyne lito) — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Welsh: Haf Bach Mihangel — stretch of warm days in autumn
• Finnish: intiaanikesä — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• German: zweiter Frühling — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Greek: γαλήνια γηρατειά (galínia girateiá) — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Irish: fómhar beag na ngéanna — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Japanese: 返り咲く (kaerizaku) — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Polish: pogodna jesień życia — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Russian: ба́бье ле́то (bábʹje léto) — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
• Serbo-Croatian: druga mladost — late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age