midsummer
/mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/
midsummer noun: the period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
Noun
midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers)
- The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
- The first day of summer.
- The middle of summer.
- Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
- A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.
Adjective
midsummer (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Midsummer
Midsummer
- A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.
- Synonym of Midsummer Day.
- Synonyms:
- Midsummer Day, Summer Solstice, Litha
midsummer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Persian
midsummer in Tamil
- சமம்
midsummer in Urdu
- وسط گرما
midsummer in Arabic
- about 21st June
- قيظ qayṣ
midsummer in Persian
- about 21st June
- تموز tamuz
Examples of midsummer in a sentence
- Various religions have a summer holiday; scholars point out that even Christianity's Saint John's Eve partly reflects the Christianization of pre-Christian midsummer festivals.
- Bakers still complain that there has been no midsummer bulge in the bread trade.
- Of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan-Huron had the highest water levels in midsummer and Lake Superior, in early fall.
Synonyms of midsummer
Forms of midsummer
| plural | midsummers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mid-summer |
Origin of midsummer
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”).
Words formed from midsummer
- Central European Midsummer Time
- Midsummer ale
- midsummer chafer
- midsummer daisy
- Midsummer Day
- Midsummer's Day
- Midsummer Eve
- midsummer even
- Midsummer's Eve
- midsummer games
- midsummer growth
- midsummerish
- midsummer madness
- midsummer men
- midsummer-men
- midsummer moon
- Midsummer Night
- midsummer night's dream
- midsummer sights
- midsummer silver
- midsummery
Phrases with midsummer
Questions about midsummer
- What does midsummer mean?
- Midsummer means the period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
- What is midsummer in Tamil?
- Midsummer in Tamil is சமம். See Midsummer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is midsummer?
- Midsummer can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce midsummer?
- Midsummer is pronounced /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of midsummer?
- The plural of midsummer is midsummers.
Words near midsummer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: midsummer (page history and authors); Midsummer (page history and authors); midsummer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); midsummer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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