midsummer

== English == === Alternative forms === mid-summer === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪdˈsʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌsʌmə(ɹ)/ === Noun === midsummer (countable and uncountable, plural midsummers) The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere. The first day of summer. The middle of summer. Midsummer Day, the English quarter day. A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === midsummer (not comparable) Of or occurring in the middle of summer. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms ===