n.
Pronunciation: ' s ə -m ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor; akin to Old High German & Old Norse sumer summer, Sanskrit sam ā year, season
Date: before 12th century
1 : the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of June, July, and August or as reckoned astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
2 : the warmer half of the year
3 : YEAR <a girl of seventeen summer s >
4 : a period of maturing powers
– sum · mer · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective