Indian summer
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Indian summer
- /ˈɪn.dɪ.ən ˈsʌ.mə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɪn.di.ən ˈsʌ.mɚ/ US
Where it comes from
Of North American origin, exact etymology uncertain. The most plausible suggestions are that Native Americans (or American Indians) called it a form of “summer” due to harvesting late plants or preparing for winter, or that European settlers coined it due to various Native American activities in this season, or due to the weather phenomenon being associated with regions inhabited by Native Americans. Alternatively, the use of the word Indian may indicate something deviating from a Eurocentric norm as counterpart: compare terms like Indian bread, Indian corn.
noun Indian summers
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A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn.
Then a severe frost succeeds which prepares it to receive the voluminous coat of snow which is soon to follow; though it is often preceded by a short interval of smoke and mildness, called the Indian Summer.
Similar: St. Luke's summer, all-hallown summer, St. Martin's summer, Michaelmas summer
- The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity before old age. Thus, while at times before our eye / The clouds about the present part, / And, smiling through them, round us lie / Soft hues of Memory's evening sky – / The Indian summer of the heart, / In secret sympathies of mind, / In founts of feeling which retain / Their pure fresh flow, we yet may find / Ou
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, summer.
Translations
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noun stretch of warm days in autumn
| Español | veranillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인디언 서머 indieon seomeo |
| 日本語 | 小春 koharu, 小春日和 koharu-biyori |
| 中文 | 秋老虎 qiūlǎohǔ |
| हिन्दी | भारतीय ग्रीष्मकाल bhārtīya grīṣmakāl |
| Português | veranico, verão de São Martinho |
| Français | été de la Saint-Martin, été des Indiens, été indien |
| Deutsch | Altweibersommer |
| Italiano | estate di San Martino, estate indiana |
| Ελληνικά | γαϊδουροκαλόκαιρο gaïdourokalókairo |
| Română | vară indiană |
| Русский | ба́бье ле́то bábʹje léto, инде́йское ле́то indéjskoje léto |
| العربية | صَيْف هِنْدِيّ ṣayf hindiyy |
| עברית | קיץ אינדיאני |
noun late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age
| 日本語 | 返り咲く kaerizaku |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | भारतीय ग्रीष्मकाल bhārtīya grīṣmakāl |
| Deutsch | zweiter Frühling |
| Ελληνικά | γαλήνια γηρατειά galínia girateiá |
| Русский | ба́бье ле́то bábʹje léto |
Talk about this word "Indian summer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/indian%20summer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Indian summer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/indian%20summer "Indian summer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/indian%20summer.Cite this
@misc{indian_summer_2026,
title = {Indian summer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indian%20summer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
