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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

été

Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Summer/ˈsʌm.ər/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #450 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Nous allons à la plage en été."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn.

    "We plan to travel to the coast during the summer."
As verb
  1. 1

    To spend the summer season in a particular place.

    "Many wealthy families used to summer in the mountains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English noun 'sumor', which stems from Proto-Germanic '*sumraz', ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*som-', meaning 'summer' or 'warm season'. Historically, it has denoted the warmest season of the year, traditionally falling between spring and autumn.

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