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Summer
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summer
English
Alternative forms
surname en Simmer
Proper noun
s
en female English of modern usage, from en summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
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Noun
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en archaic or poetic en summer.
II Of Presumption 368 I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men ſoever, but I giue them as good and as many as they bring, except he be ſome ſervant of mine.
en w:Charles Wilkes William James Morgan; David B. Tyler; Joye L. Leonhart; Mary F. Loughlin Jaunt into Pennsylvania Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy 1798–1877 Washington, D.C. Naval History Division, Department of the Navy/U.S. Government Printing Office 1844 1978 570 https://archive.org/details/bwb_W7-CSP-439/page/570/mode/1up Notwithstanding the tristness of the town, there are many visitors during the Summer who come for quiet and economy.
1 May 1861 Volunteer Uniforms https://web.archive.org/web/20250909111123/https://www.nytimes.com/1861/05/01/archives/volunteer-uniforms.html X 3000 4 https://archive.org/details/NYTimes-Apr-May-1861/page/n227/mode/1up 6 Light limp caps of woollen, with brood visors, or broad-brimmed (but not too broad,) felt hats; double-breasted coats, so made that they can be worn open in warm weather, and will really protect the chest in a lower temperature; trowsers of the same, and under these, light flannel shirts and drawers; such are the proper materials for a soldier’s dress, even in the Summer months.
en Weasel and Hare South-Western Presbyterian XV 40 New Orleans, La. 8 November 1883 3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/358416711/ 5 In early Summer, several years ago, we were ornithologizing in a beautiful clump of natural wood along a steep brae face, so well sheltered from the north and east, and with so sunny and southern an aspect, that it had been known to us for years as the very paradise of all sorts of singing birds in the nesting season. The edition published in The Bayonne Herald and Greenville Register (14 July 1883) uses summer.
19 October 1902 A Woman’s Wanderings Through the CaucasusOdd Passengers Met Aboard Ship in a Cruise Through the Black Sea—Advantage to Travelers in a Strange Land of a Courier Who Knows His Business. https://www.nytimes.com/1902/10/19/archives/a-womans-wanderings-through-the-caucasus-odd-passengers-met-aboard.html As we approached Ialta, the Czar’s favorite Summer resort, which is nestled snugly in the well-wooded mountains, and has its long esplanade lined with shops, which hang out over the very blue bay, the little old Caucasan gentleman, by signs and looks of intelligence, in some way made us understand that he would like to take us ashore to see the sights.
en 1903 The Unitarian Register - Volume 82 872 In the good old Summer time you need pack-away space and plenty of it.
en The Glovers Review - Volume 29 1929 xiv Since men are old offenders in the matter of bare-handedness let us put forth our best efforts in May to keep them gloved as far into the Summer season as possible.
en 5 August 1947 East Paterson: Florienne Brunda Weds Patersonian Paterson Evening News home final 190 Paterson, N.J. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/526148978/ 7 10503518 The bride’s godmother, Mrs. Katherine Ravenette of New York, wore a Summer print gown of silk with black accessories and a corsage of white roses.
en 1950 The Rotarian 77 5 12 Several years ago starlings took over the residential sections for their nightly roostings during the Summer months.
en 1999 w:Terrance Hayes Summer Muscular Music Chicago, Ill. Tia Chucha Press 32 https://books.google.com/books?id=L9VaAAAAMAAJ&q=Summer 1-882688-21-X It’s Summer so I hum. / Let bass slip around my runagate tongue. / I have lived watermelonless. / I have scorned my languorous youth. O Summer, let me sing a song for you, / Let me be the king of something, / O Summer, let me spread my wings.
Derived terms
en Summerson
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
gsw Summerd summer sòmmer ŝchummer ŝchumer
Etymology
gsw gem-pro 1
From gsw goh sumar, from gsw gem-pro *sumaraz. Cognate with de Sommer, bar Summer, lb Summer, en summer, nl zomer, fy simmer, is sumar.
Noun
gsw noun m
summer
Derived terms
gsw Summervogel
References
65
gsw Seasons
Bavarian
Etymology
bar gem-pro 1
From bar goh sumar, from bar gmw-pro *sumar. Cognate to de Sommer, gsw Summer, lb Summer, nl zomer, fy simmer, en summer, da sommer, is sumar.
Pronunciation
bar /ˈsumɐ/
bar Sum mer
Noun
m Summer
summer
Derived terms
de Fruahsummer Hochsummer Mittsummer Oidweibersummer Regnsummer Spätsummer Summerferien Summerfest Summerhetz Summerhitz Summerloch Summerluft Summermonat Summernåcht Summersun Summerurlaub Summervogl Summerweidn Summerwind Summerzeit
See also
East Central German
Etymology
From gmw-ecg goh sumar, from gmw-ecg gmw-pro *sumar. Cognate to bar summer.
Noun
gmw-ecg noun m
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch summer
Further reading
Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 3
gmw-ecg Seasons
German
Etymology
de :af summen -er
de summen -er
Pronunciation
de /ˈzʊmɐ/
de De-Summer.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
buzzer
de obsolete buzzing insect
Declension
m
Synonyms
device de Buzzer
Further reading
de Machines
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb gem-pro 1
From lb goh sumar, from lb gem-pro *sumaraz. Cognate with de Sommer, gsw Summer, bar Summer, en summer, nl zomer, fy simmer, is sumar.
Pronunciation
lb /ˈzumer/ [ˈzu.mɐ]
Noun
m
summer
See also
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Summer + 1
Pronunciation
Samer +
Proper noun
samer
tl female English