Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oversummer

/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-sum-mer
IPA: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To spend the summer (in a particular place or form).

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The snails (Bakerilymnaea cockerelli) oversummer in the adult or near-adult morphology using a form of estivation."
"Both powdery mildew and cereal rusts oversummer on volunteer crops in the asexual stage, infect the autumn-sown crop and, eventually, overwinter on the volunteers to infect the crops in spring (Zadoks, 1961)."
"In the Pacific Golden-Plover, some individuals oversummer in the tropics as yearlings and 2-year olds^([sic]) (Johnson and Johnson 1983)."
"Dragged down in early winter from the top of the garden where they oversummer, they are placed on the front window sills looking sad and forlorn."

Etymology

From over- + summer.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/
British English: /ˌəʊ.vəˈsʌm.ə/

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

oversummers (present, singular) oversummering (participle, present) oversummered (participle, past) oversummered (past)

Frequently Paired Words

sunbird overwinter

Questions

How do you pronounce oversummer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/.
What does oversummer mean?: To spend the summer (in a particular place or form).
Where does oversummer come from?: From over- + summer.

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