Definition of SUMMER

summer

Meanings

Plural: summers

Noun

  • the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
    • "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
  • the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
    • "the golden summer of his life"
  • 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 spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
  • Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
  • Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
  • A horizontal beam supporting a building.
  • A pack-horse.
  • A person who sums.
  • A machine or algorithm that sums.

Verb

  • spend the summer
    • "We summered in Kashmir"
  • To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Antonyms

winter

Scrabble Score: 10

summer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
summer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
summer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

summer is a valid Words With Friends word