midsummer

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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”).

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: somermeza — happening in the middle of summer
• Finnish: keskikesäinen — happening in the middle of summer
• Swedish: midsommar- — happening in the middle of summer
• Arabic: قيظ (qayṣ) — about 21st June
• Bulgarian: лятно слънцестоене (ljatno slǎncestoene) — about 21st June
• Finnish: keskikesä — about 21st June
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קֵיטָא (qēṭā) — about 21st June
• Middle English: mydsomer — about 21st June
• Norwegian Bokmål: midtsommer — about 21st June
• Persian: تموز (tamuz) — about 21st June
• Swedish: midsommar — about 21st June
• Swedish: sommarsolstånd — about 21st June
• Danish: midsommer — The middle of summer
• Danish: højsommer — The middle of summer
• Dutch: midzomer — The middle of summer
• Estonian: kesksuvi — The middle of summer
• Estonian: südasuvi — The middle of summer
• Faroese: hásummar — The middle of summer
• Finnish: keskikesä — The middle of summer
• Georgian: შუა ზაფხული (šua zapxuli) — The middle of summer
• Georgian: გაგანია ზაფხული (gagania zapxuli) — The middle of summer
• Georgian: შუაგული ზაფხული (šuaguli zapxuli) — The middle of summer
• German: Hochsommer — The middle of summer
• Greek: μεσοκαλόκαιρο (mesokalókairo) — The middle of summer
• Icelandic: miðsumar — The middle of summer
• Japanese: 真夏 (manatsu) — The middle of summer
• Korean: 한여름 (hanyeoreum) — The middle of summer
• Macedonian: средлето (sredleto) — The middle of summer
• Middle English: mydsomer — The middle of summer
• Navajo: shį́ʼííłnííʼ — The middle of summer
• Norwegian Bokmål: midtsommer — The middle of summer
• Polish: śródlecie — The middle of summer
• Romanian: mijlocul verii — The middle of summer
• Romanian: miezul verii — The middle of summer
• Northern Sami: mihcamárat — The middle of summer
• Scottish Gaelic: leth an t-samhraidh — The middle of summer
• Spanish: pleno verano — The middle of summer
• Swedish: midsommar — The middle of summer
• Turkish: yazın ortası — The middle of summer
• Cornish: Gòlowan — Midsummer Day
• Cornish: dy'Gòlowan — Midsummer Day
• Czech: letní slunovrat — Midsummer Day
• Danish: sankthansdag — Midsummer Day
• Dutch: midzomerdag — Midsummer Day
• Estonian: jaanipäev — Midsummer Day
• Faroese: jóansøkudagur — Midsummer Day
• Finnish: juhannus — Midsummer Day
• French: fête de la Saint-Jean — Midsummer Day
• German: Johannistag — Midsummer Day
• German: Mittsommer — Midsummer Day
• Icelandic: miðsumarsdagur — Midsummer Day
• Irish: Lá Fhéile Eoin — Midsummer Day
• Irish: Oíche Fhéile Eoin — Midsummer Day
• Irish: Oíche Fhéile Sin Seáin — Midsummer Day
• Karelian: Iivananpäivy — Midsummer Day
• Macedonian: Иванден (Ivanden) — Midsummer Day
• Middle English: mydsomer — Midsummer Day
• Portuguese: Dia de São João — Midsummer Day
• Russian: Ива́н Купа́ла (Iván Kupála) — Midsummer Day
• Russian: Ива́нов день (Ivánov denʹ) — Midsummer Day
• Northern Sami: mihcamárat — Midsummer Day
• Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Eòin — Midsummer Day
• Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Eathain — Midsummer Day
• Scottish Gaelic: latha leth an t-samhraidh — Midsummer Day
• Spanish: día de San Juan — Midsummer Day
• Swedish: midsommardagen — Midsummer Day
• Swedish: midsommar — Midsummer Day