лето — meaning in English
Leto
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English meaning
- Leto name In Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis; also used as a surname.
- summer noun The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.
- summertime noun The summer season, thought of as a stretch of time.
- year noun The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun once, about 365 days.
Senses
лето is used for these senses in English:
- summer One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
- summertime The period or season of summer.
- year (by extension) An orbital period: the period of one revolution in any particular orbit: The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
summer — full definition
- noun The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.
- noun A period seen as someone's prime or most flourishing time.
- verb To spend the summer season somewhere.