midsummer

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

summer solstice

dog days

June 21

height of summer

second month of summer

Translations

Hochsommer

piena estate

midzomer

pleno verano

canícula

Mittsommer

en plein été

plein été

μέσο του θέρους

milieu de l’été

cœur de l’été

au milieu de l’été

Mitte des Sommers

21 juin

θερινό ηλιοστάσιο

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: midsomer

Inherited from Old English: midsumer

Cognate with Western Frisian: midsimmer

Cognate with Dutch: midzomer

Cognate with German: Mittsommer

Cognate with Danish: midsommer

Cognate with Swedish: midsommar

Cognate with Icelandic: 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”).