Indian summer

Senso (Inglese)

1. (offensive, possibly) A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn.
2. (figuratively) The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity before old age.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, summer.

Concetti

estate di San Martino

estate indiana

estate di S. Martino

sinonimi

Saint Martin’s summer

St. Martin's summer

Martinmas summer

mild autumn weather

gossamer

St Luke's little summer

mild fall weather

early autumn

early fall

Traduzioni

Altweibersommer

été indien

été de la Saint-Martin

veranillo de San Martín

été des Indiens

été

🏖️

veranico

Spätsommer

zweiter Frühling

kalokeráki

indiániko kalokéri

warmer Herbsttag

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɪn.dɪ.ən ˈsʌ.mə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Of North American origin, exact etymology uncertain. The most plausible suggestions are that Native Americans (or American Indians) called it a form of “summer” due to harvesting late plants or preparing for winter, or that European settlers coined it due to various Native American activities in this season, or due to the weather phenomenon being associated with regions inhabited by Native Americans. Alternatively, the use of the word Indian may indicate something deviating from the norm: compare terms like Indian bread, Indian corn.