summer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Antonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"sVm@(r)/

  Rhymes: -ʌmə(r)

• (US): enPR: sŭmʹər, IPA: /ˈsʌmɚ/, SAMPA: /"sVm@`/

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English sumor from Proto-Germanic *sumur-, akin to Old Saxon sumar, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Old Frisian sumur, Middle Dutch somer, Dutch zomer, German Sommer, from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (cf. Sanskrit समा (samā), “‘season, half-year’”), Avestan hama (“‘in summer’”), Armenian ամառ (amaṙ), Old Irish sam).

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summer (plural summers)

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. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 20 in parts of the USA, and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

   the heat of summer

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• winter

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to summer (third-person singular simple present summers, present participle summering, simple past and past participle summered)

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

   We like to summer in the Mediterranean.

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• æstival, aestival, estival
• spring
• autumn (fall)
• winter

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French somier (a load bearer, or a pack horse).

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summer (plural summers)

1. A horizontal beam supporting a building.

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• (horizontal beam): summer-tree

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• breastsommer, breastsummer, bressomer, bressumer, bressummer, brestsummer
• summer bar
• summer-beam
• summer-castle
• summering
• summer-piece
• summer-stone
• summer-tower
• summer-tree, summertree
• summer-trestle
• transsummer

[edit] Etymology 3

sum +‎ -er

[edit] Noun

summer (plural summers)

1. A person who sums.

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• summer-up