summer

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Meaning

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 and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
3. Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
4. Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

summer

hot season

summertime

hot weather

dry season

autumn

spring

summery

time

season

heat

of summer

late autumn

namely

rains

warmest season

bright days

palmy days

spend summer

summer-like

summerly

adder

adder-subtractor

adding box

adding machine

summation meter

cross-beam

girder

longeron

side member

summer beam girder

summer tree

lintel

purlin

side timber purline

sommer beam

aestivate

holiday

pass

spend

vacation

every summer

spend the summer

winter

epoch

era

period

stage

term

daylight saving time

daylight savings time

summer season

summertide

year

sunshine

hot

Frequency

Hyphenated as

sum‧mer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (“summer”), from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ó-, oblique of *semh₂- (“summer, year”). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer (“summer”), West Frisian simmer (“summer”), Saterland Frisian Suumer (“summer”), Dutch zomer (“summer”), Low German Sommer (“summer”), German Sommer (“summer”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer (“summer”), Swedish sommar (“summer”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar (“summer”), Welsh haf (“summer”), Armenian ամ (am, “year”), ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham-, “summer”), Middle Persian ḥʾmyn (hāmīn, “summer”), Northern Kurdish havîn (“summer”), Central Kurdish ھاوین (hawîn, “summer”).