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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSummer holiday
/ˈsʌm.əˌhɒl.ə.deɪ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An extended period of leisure and recreation, typically taken during the summer months when schools and universities are closed.
"The children are very excited about going to the beach during their summer holiday." - 2
A vacation taken away from home specifically during the summer season.
"We booked a wonderful two-week summer holiday in the south of Italy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'summer', derived from Old English 'sumor' (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *sam-, meaning 'summer'), and 'holiday', stemming from Old English 'hāligdæg' meaning holy day or religious festival. Over centuries, 'holiday' shifted in meaning from a religious day to a general period of cessation from work or school, with 'summer holiday' firmly establishing itself in British English usage to denote the extended school break during the summer months.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Summer holiday" is said worldwide
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vacances d'été
Transliteration: va-kans d'e-te
"Nous partons en vacances d'été en juillet."
Sommerferien
Transliteration: Zom-mer-fe-ri-en
"Die Sommerferien dauern sechs Wochen."
vacanze estive
Transliteration: va-kan-tse es-ti-ve
"Dove andrai per le vacanze estive?"
vacaciones de verano
Transliteration: ba-ka-sio-nes de be-ra-no
"Disfrutamos mucho de nuestras vacaciones de verano."
férias de verão
Transliteration: fé-rias de ve-rão
"Eles viajaram durante as férias de verão."
ग्रीष्मकालीन अवकाश
Transliteration: grīshmakālīn avakāsh
"बच्चों को ग्रीष्मकालीन अवकाश का इंतज़ार रहता है।"
暑假
Transliteration: shǔjià
"学生们正在享受暑假。"
여름방학
Transliteration: yeoreum-banghak
"우리는 여름방학에 제주도에 갈 계획이다."
夏休み
Transliteration: natsu-yasumi
"子供たちは夏休みを楽しみにしています。"
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