summer

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US /ˈsʌmɚ/ UK /ˈsʌmə/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.

We always go to the beach in summer.
2

noun
The finest, happiest, or most successful period of someone's life.

Those years were the summer of her career.
3

verb
To spend the summer somewhere, especially on holiday.

The family summered on the coast every year.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the warmest season of the... summertime

Opposites

winter

Word family

Forms summerssummery

Derived forms bressummersummer-castlesummer-piecesummer-stonesummer-towersummer-trestlesummer-upsummerbeamsummeringsummertreetranssummer

Related forms adder

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Phrases (6)

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hot summer
a summer season with high temperatures

Adjective + noun
long summer
a summer that feels extended or is remembered as lasting a long time

Adjective + noun
summer months
the months that make up the summer season

Adjective + noun
spend the summer
pass the summer season somewhere or doing something

Verb + noun
dry summer
a summer with little rainfall

Adjective + noun
late summer
the final part of the summer season

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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One swallow does not make a summer

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der. Proto-Germanic *sumaraz Proto-West Germanic *sumar Old English sumor Middle English somer English summer From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer, West Frisian simmer, Saterland Frisian Suumer, Dutch zomer, Low German Sommer, German Sommer, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer, Swedish sommar, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sum…

somer Middle English sumor Old English *sumar Proto-West Germanic *sumaraz Proto-Germanic *semh₂- Proto-Indo-European

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# summer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌmɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌmə/
**Frequency rank:** 1121

## Meanings
1. The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.
2. The finest, happiest, or most successful period of someone's life.
3. To spend the summer somewhere, especially on holiday.

## Examples
- We always go to the beach in summer.
- Those years were the summer of her career.
- The family summered on the coast every year.

## Antonyms
- winter

## Derived Forms
- bressummer
- summer-castle
- summer-piece
- summer-stone
- summer-tower
- summer-trestle
- summer-up
- summerbeam
- summering
- summertree
- transsummer

## Related Forms
- adder

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: somer
- Root: sumor
- Root: *sumar
- Root: *sumaraz
- Root: *semh₂-

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der. Proto-Germanic *sumaraz Proto-West Germanic *sumar Old English sumor Middle English somer English summer From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer, West Frisian simmer, Saterland Frisian Suumer, Dutch zomer, Low German Sommer, German Sommer, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer, Swedish sommar, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sum…

## AI Etymology
Summer is from Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). In present-day use, it can mean the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, or the finest, happiest, or most successful period of someone's life. Derived formations include bressummer, summer-castle, summer-piece, summer-stone, summer-tower.

## Topics
- Time

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