midsummer

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-Germanic *midjaz (“mid-”), *sumaraz (“summer”), equivalent to mid- +‎ summer. More at mid, summer.

Noun

midsummer (plural midsummers)

1. The period around the summer solstice; about 21st June in the northern hemisphere.
2. The first day of summer
3. The middle of summer.
4. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.

Translations

about 21st June

The middle of summer

• Dutch: midzomer (nl) m
• Finnish: keskikesä (fi)
• Icelandic: miðsumar (is) n

• Navajo: shį́ʼííłnííʼ
• Swedish: midsommar (sv) c

Midsummer Day

• Czech: letní slunovrat (cs)
• Dutch: midzomerdag (nl) m
• Finnish: juhannus (fi)

• Icelandic: miðsumarsdagur (is) m
• Spanish: día de San Juan (es) m
• Swedish: midsommardagen (sv) c

Adjective

midsummer (not comparable)

1. Happening in the middle of summer.

Translations

happening in the middle of summer

• Esperanto: somermeza (eo)

• Finnish: keskikesäinen (fi)

Derived terms

• Midsummer ale
• midsummer chafer
• midsummer daisy
• Midsummer Day, Midsummer's Day
• Midsummer Eve, midsummer eve, midsummer even
• midsummer games
• midsummer growth
• midsummerish
• midsummer madness
• midsummer men, midsummer-men
• midsummer moon
• Midsummer Night
• midsummer night's dream
• midsummer sights
• midsummer silver
• midsummery