midsummer

See also: Midsummer

English

Etymology

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”).

Noun

midsummer (countable and uncountable, 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.
5. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat

Synonyms

• St John's Day
• northern solstice
• summer solstice
• June solstice

Translations

about 21st June

• Bulgarian: лятно слънцестоене n (ljatno slǎncestoene)
• Finnish: keskikesä
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: midtsommer m

• Persian: تموز‎ (fa) (tamuz)
• Swedish: midsommar (sv) c, sommarsolstånd (sv)

The middle of summer

• Dutch: midzomer (nl) m
• Estonian: kesksuvi, südasuvi
• Finnish: keskikesä
• German: Hochsommer (de) m
• Greek: μεσοκαλόκαιρο (el) n (mesokalókairo)
• Icelandic: miðsumar n
• Japanese: 真夏 (ja) (まなつ, manatsu)
• Korean: 한여름 (ko) (hanyeoreum)
• Navajo: shį́ʼííłnííʼ
• Northern Sami: mihcamárat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: midtsommer m

• Polish: śródlecie n
• Romanian: mijlocul verii n, miezul verii (ro) n
• Swedish: midsommar (sv) c
• Turkish: yazın ortası

Midsummer Day

• Czech: letní slunovrat
• Dutch: midzomerdag (nl) m
• Estonian: jaanipäev (et)
• Finnish: juhannus (fi)
• German: Johannistag (de), Mittsommer (de) m
• Icelandic: miðsumarsdagur m
• Irish: Lá Fhéile Eoin m, Oíche Fhéile Eoin f (Midsummer Eve), Oíche Fhéile Sin Seáin f (Midsummer Eve)
• Karelian: Iivananpäivy
• Northern Sami: mihcamárat
• Russian: Ива́н Купа́ла m (Iván Kupála), Ива́нов день m (Ivánov denʹ)
• Spanish: día de San Juan m
• Swedish: midsommardagen (sv) c, midsommar (sv) c

Adjective

midsummer (not comparable)

1. Happening in the middle of summer.

Translations

happening in the middle of summer

• Esperanto: somermeza
• Finnish: keskikesäinen
• Swedish: midsommar- (prefix)

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