midsummer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) The first day of summer.
3. (countable, uncountable) The middle of summer.
4. (countable, uncountable) Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
5. (countable, uncountable) A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

Adj

Occurring in the middle of summer.

Concepten

midzomer

midzomerdag

Synoniemen

summer solstice

dog days

June 21

height of summer

second month of summer

Vertalingen

Hochsommer

piena estate

canícula

pleno verano

Mittsommer

μεσοκαλόκαιρο

θερινό ηλιοστάσιο

cœur de l’été

milieu de l’été

plein été

au milieu de l’été

en plein été

21 juin

fête de la saint-jean

cœur de l'été

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: midsomer

Overgenomen van Oudengels: midsumer

Verwant aan Fries: midsimmer

Verwant aan Nederlands: midzomer

Verwant aan Duits: Mittsommer

Verwant aan Deens: midsommer

Verwant aan Zweeds: midsommar

Verwant aan IJslands: miðsumar

In summary

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”).