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The period or season of summer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they spent a lazy summer at the shore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: summer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: season, time of year
From Middle English somertime, equivalent to summer + time. Compare Dutch zomertijd (“summertime”), German Sommerzeit (“summertime”), Danish sommertiden (“summertime”), Swedish sommartid (“summertime”). Compare summertide.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
夏令
(xiàlìng)
— the period or season of summer
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Finnish:
kesäaika
— the period or season of summer
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Finnish:
kesä
— the period or season of summer
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French:
été
— the period or season of summer
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Galician:
verán
— the period or season of summer
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German:
Sommerzeit
— the period or season of summer
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German:
Sommer
— the period or season of summer
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Greek:
καλοκαίρι
(kalokaíri)
— the period or season of summer
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Ingrian:
kesäaika
— the period or season of summer
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Italian:
estate
— the period or season of summer
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Japanese:
夏時
(kaji)
— the period or season of summer
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Korean:
여름철
(yeoreumcheol)
— the period or season of summer
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Macedonian:
лето
(leto)
— the period or season of summer
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sommertid
— the period or season of summer
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sommartid
— the period or season of summer
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Plautdietsch:
Sommatiet
— the period or season of summer
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Russian:
ле́тний сезо́н
(létnij sezón)
— the period or season of summer
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Russian:
ле́то
(léto)
— the period or season of summer
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Russian:
ле́тнее вре́мя года
(létneje vrémja goda)
— the period or season of summer
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Serbo-Croatian:
ljeto
— the period or season of summer
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Spanish:
verano
— the period or season of summer
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Spanish:
estío
— the period or season of summer
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Swedish:
sommartid
— the period or season of summer
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Turkish:
yazın
— the period or season of summer
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Tuvan:
чайгы үе
(çaygı üe)
— the period or season of summer
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Yiddish:
זומערצײַט
(zumertsayt)
— the period or season of summer
