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midsummer¹

  • /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

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”).

noun midsummers · mid-summer

  1. countable, uncountable The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
  2. countable, uncountable The first day of summer.
  3. countable, uncountable The middle of summer.
  4. countable, uncountable Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
  5. countable, uncountable A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

Similar: northern solstice, St. John's Day, summer solstice

adjective mid-summer

  1. not comparable Of or occurring in the middle of summer.

Midsummer²

proper noun

  1. A pagan holiday and Wiccan Sabbat.
  2. Synonym of Midsummer Day.

    Similar: Midsummer Day, Summer Solstice, Litha

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: summer solstice, summer, canicule, solstice, summertime, estival, litha, midseason, dogdays, solstitial, sunstead, midyear, summertide, december, midnight, july

noun

Similar: northern solstice, St. John's Day, summer solstice

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Every language

noun about 21st June

العربيةقيظ qayṣ

noun The middle of summer

Españolpleno verano
한국어한여름 hanyeoreum
日本語真夏 manatsu
DeutschHochsommer
Ελληνικάμεσοκαλόκαιρο mesokalókairo
Românămijlocul verii, miezul verii

noun Midsummer Day

Españoldía de San Juan
PortuguêsDia de São João
Françaisfête de la Saint-Jean
DeutschJohannistag, Mittsommer
РусскийИва́н Купа́ла Iván Kupála, Ива́нов день Ivánov denʹ

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@misc{midsummer_2026,
  title = {midsummer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/midsummer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}