Dictionary definitions and meanings of the word summer
This post talks about the dictionary definition and meanings of the English word summer. phonetic, phonetics, origin, meanings
Phonetic
ˈsʌmə
Phonetics
Text pronounciation: undefined
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Origin of the word
Old English sumor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer, German Sommer, also to Sanskrit samā ‘year’.
Meanings
Part Of speech
noun
Definition
the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February.
Example
this plant flowers in late summer
Part Of speech
verb
Definition
spend the summer in a particular place.
Example
well over 100 birds summered there in 1976