"midsummer" meaning in English

See midsummer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|midsomer}} Middle English midsomer, {{m|enm|midsumer}} midsumer, {{inh|en|ang|midsumer}} Old English midsumer, {{m|ang|midsumor|t=midsummer}} midsumor (“midsummer”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*midisumar}} Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*midjasumaraz|t=midsummer}} Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), {{pre|en|mid|summer}} mid- + summer, {{cog|fy|midsimmer|t=midsummer}} West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), {{cog|nl|midzomer|t=midsummer}} Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), {{cog|de|Mittsommer|t=midsummer}} German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), {{cog|da|midsommer|t=midsummer}} Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), {{cog|sv|midsommar|t=midsummer}} Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), {{cog|is|miðsumar|t=midsummer}} Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} midsummer (not comparable)
  1. Happening in the middle of summer. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (happening in the middle of summer): somermeza (Esperanto), keskikesäinen (Finnish), midsommar- [prefix] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-adj-MYLL1s6O Disambiguation of Calendar: 14 23 6 2 27 27 Derived forms: Midsummer ale, midsummer chafer, midsummer daisy, Midsummer Day, Midsummer's Day, Midsummer Eve, 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

Noun

Forms: midsummers [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|midsomer}} Middle English midsomer, {{m|enm|midsumer}} midsumer, {{inh|en|ang|midsumer}} Old English midsumer, {{m|ang|midsumor|t=midsummer}} midsumor (“midsummer”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*midisumar}} Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*midjasumaraz|t=midsummer}} Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), {{pre|en|mid|summer}} mid- + summer, {{cog|fy|midsimmer|t=midsummer}} West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), {{cog|nl|midzomer|t=midsummer}} Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), {{cog|de|Mittsommer|t=midsummer}} German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), {{cog|da|midsommer|t=midsummer}} Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), {{cog|sv|midsommar|t=midsummer}} Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), {{cog|is|miðsumar|t=midsummer}} Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers)
  1. The period around the summer solstice; about 21st June in the northern hemisphere. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (about 21st June): лятно слънцестоене (ljatno slǎncestoene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), keskikesä (Finnish), midtsommer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تموز (tamuz) (Persian), midsommar [common-gender] (Swedish), sommarsolstånd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-noun-Cl8RL6DW Disambiguation of Calendar: 14 23 6 2 27 27 Disambiguation of 'about 21st June': 76 0 0 17 7
  2. The first day of summer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-noun-fZf8~Uk~
  3. The middle of summer. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The middle of summer): midzomer [masculine] (Dutch), kesksuvi (Estonian), südasuvi (Estonian), keskikesä (Finnish), Hochsommer [masculine] (German), μεσοκαλόκαιρο (mesokalókairo) [neuter] (Greek), miðsumar [neuter] (Icelandic), 真夏 (manatsu) (alt: まなつ) (Japanese), 한여름 (hanyeoreum) (Korean), shį́ʼííłnííʼ (Navajo), mihcamárat (Northern Sami), midtsommer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), śródlecie [neuter] (Polish), mijlocul verii [neuter] (Romanian), miezul verii [neuter] (Romanian), pleno verano [masculine] (Spanish), midsommar [common-gender] (Swedish), yazın ortası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-noun-0xzvVHXC Disambiguation of 'The middle of summer': 3 9 88 0 0
  4. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (Midsummer Day): letní slunovrat (Czech), midzomerdag [masculine] (Dutch), jaanipäev (Estonian), juhannus (Finnish), Johannistag (German), Mittsommer [masculine] (German), miðsumarsdagur [masculine] (Icelandic), Lá Fhéile Eoin [masculine] (Irish), Oíche Fhéile Eoin (english: Midsummer Eve) [feminine] (Irish), Oíche Fhéile Sin Seáin (english: Midsummer Eve) [feminine] (Irish), Iivananpäivy (Karelian), mihcamárat (Northern Sami), Ива́н Купа́ла (Iván Kupála) [masculine] (Russian), Ива́нов день (Ivánov denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), día de San Juan [masculine] (Spanish), midsommardagen [common-gender] (Swedish), midsommar [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-noun-2Z3R1oRI Disambiguation of Calendar: 14 23 6 2 27 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mid- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 22 0 0 60 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 21 0 0 61 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 22 0 0 62 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mid-: 5 13 1 1 73 6 Disambiguation of 'Midsummer Day': 13 1 0 80 6
  5. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-midsummer-en-noun-JbWwlD2v Disambiguation of Calendar: 14 23 6 2 27 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: St John's Day, northern solstice, summer solstice, June solstice

Inflected forms

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      "word": "keskikesä"
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      "sense": "Midsummer Day",
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      "word": "Ива́н Купа́ла"
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      "sense": "Midsummer Day",
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      "word": "día de San Juan"
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      "sense": "Midsummer Day",
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "midsumor",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "midsumor (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*midisumar"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *midisumar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*midjasumaraz",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mid",
        "3": "summer"
      },
      "expansion": "mid- + summer",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "midsimmer",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "midzomer",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mittsommer",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mittsommer (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "midsommer",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish midsommer (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "midsommar",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "miðsumar",
        "t": "midsummer"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "midsummer (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Happening in the middle of summer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening in the middle of summer",
      "word": "somermeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening in the middle of summer",
      "word": "keskikesäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening in the middle of summer",
      "tags": [
        "prefix"
      ],
      "word": "midsommar-"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "midsummer"
  ],
  "word": "midsummer"
}

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