Meaning

3 senses

  1. (offensive, possibly)A stretch of sunny and warm, often hazy, days during late autumn.

    Altweibersommer

    ба́бье ле́тоbábʹje léto, инде́йское ле́тоindéjskoje léto

    бабине літоbabyne lito

    a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn

  2. (figuratively)The late autumn of life; a late flowering of activity before old age.

    zweiter Frühling

    ба́бье ле́тоbábʹje léto

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, summer.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Indian summers run into October.

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  2. Paris during the Indian summer is an earthly heaven.

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  3. We'll be experiencing an Indian summer for the next few days, but after that, it'll be getting cold again.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
stretch of warm days in autumn:
Русский
By meaning 1
stretch of warm days in autumn:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stretch of warm days in autumn:
late autumn of life; late flowering of activity before old age:

Origin

Of North American origin, exact etymology uncertain. The most plausible suggestions are th

Of North American origin, exact etymology uncertain. The most plausible suggestions are that Native Americans (or American Indians) called it a form of “summer” due to harvesting late plants or preparing for winter, or that European settlers coined it due to various Native American activities in this season, or due to the weather phenomenon being associated with regions inhabited by Native Americans. Alternatively, the use of the word Indian may indicate something deviating from the norm: compare terms like Indian bread, Indian corn.

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Forms

plural: Indian summers
SingularIndian summer
PluralIndian summers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn:Saint Martin-ap-s summer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
indexB2IndianB1indicaindicateA2indicationindicative

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