καλοκαίρι

From Byzantine Greek καλοκαίριν (kalokaírin, “good season, good weather”), from Ancient Greek καλοκαίριον (kalokaírion, “fine weather”).

• IPA^(key): /kaloˈceri/
• Hyphenation: κα‧λο‧καί‧ρι

καλοκαίρι • (kalokaíri) n (plural καλοκαίρια)

1. summertime, summer

   Synonym: θέρος (théros)

• καλοκαιρινός (kalokairinós, “summery, summer”) (adjective)
• καλοκαιριάτικος (kalokairiátikos, “summery, summer”) (adjective)
• καλοκαιριάτικα (kalokairiátika, “in the summer”) (adverb, negative sense)

Compounds:

• γαϊδουροκαλόκαιρο n (gaïdourokalókairo, “(literally: a donkey's summer) too hot summer”)
• κατακαλόκαιρο n (katakalókairo, “in the middle of summer with very hot days”)
• μεσοκαλόκαιρο n (mesokalókairo, “in the middle period of summer”)

• καλοκαιρία f (kalokairía, “good weather just like summer”)
• καλοκαιριάζω (kalokairiázo, “to become summer”) (especially as impersonal verb)
• καλοκαίριασμα n (kalokaíriasma, “becoming summer, the first signs of summer”)
• ντάλα καλοκαίρι (expression, familiar: “in the hear of a very hot summer”‎)

• καλοκαίρι in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.