summer solstice

See also: Summer Solstice

English

Noun

summer solstice (usually uncountable, plural summer solstices)

(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.

Coordinate terms

winter solstice
vernal equinox
autumnal equinox

Translations

the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun

Arabic: الإنقِلَاب الصّيفِيّ‎
Bulgarian: лятно слънцестоене n (ljatno slǎncestoene)
Burmese: နွေယဉ်စွန်းချိန် (my) (nweyanycwan:hkyin)
Catalan: solstici d'estiu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 夏至 (haa⁶ zi³)
Hakka: 夏至 (ha-chṳ)
Mandarin: 夏至 (zh) (xiàzhì), 北至 (zh) (běizhì), 夏節／夏节 (zh) (xiàjié)
Min Nan: 夏至 (zh-min-nan) (hē-chì, hā-chì)
Danish: sommersolhverv (da) n
Esperanto: somera solstico
Estonian: suvine pööripäev
Finnish: kesäpäivänseisaus (fi)
French: solstice d'été (fr) m
Galician: solsticio de verán (gl) m
Georgian: ზაფხულის ნაბუნიობა (zapxulis nabunioba), ზაფხულის მზებუდობა (zapxulis mzebudoba), ზაფხულის მზისდგომა (zapxulis mzisdgoma)
German: Sommersonnenwende (de) f
Greek: θερινό ηλιοστάσιο (el) n (therinó iliostásio)
Icelandic: sumarsólstöður f pl, sumarsólhvörf n pl
Irish: grianstad an tsamhraidh m
Italian: solstizio d'estate m
Japanese: 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi)
Korean: 하지(夏至) (ko) (haji)
Latin: sōlstitium n
Maori: te Ihu o Hineraumati
Navajo: jóhonaaʼéí tʼą́ą́ʼ ńdeesdzą́, shį́įgo shá ninádááh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sommersolverv n
Nynorsk: sumarsolkverv m, sommarsolkverv m
Polish: przesilenie letnie (pl) n
Portuguese: solstício de verão m
Romanian: solstițiu de vară n
Russian: ле́тнее солнцестоя́ние n (létneje solncestojánije)
Scottish Gaelic: grian-stad an t-samhraidh m, grian-stad samhraidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дугодневница f, дугодневица f
Roman: dugodnevnica f, dugodnevica (sh) f
Spanish: solsticio de verano m
Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) n
Thai: ครีษมายัน (th) (khritsamayan)
Vietnamese: hạ chí (vi) (夏至)
Welsh: hirddydd haf m