How Many Syllables Are in Summer

The word Summer has three syllables: sum-mer.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
This technique is especially useful for students and language learners who are mastering English phonetics.

Definition of Summer

Summer is the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February.

How should Summer divide into syllables

The word 'summer' has 2 syllables. The first syllable 'sum' has a short vowel 'u' and the second syllable 'mer' has a schwa sound as the vowel. The word has 2 consonants 's' and 'm' at the beginning and 3 consonants 'm', 'r', and the silent 'e' at the end.

Part of Speech - Summer

I love to go swimming in the summer.

Sentences with Summer

• I will go to the beach in the summer.
• We have a break from school in the summer.
• The summer heat is too much for me.
• I love to eat ice cream in the summer.
• We always go on a family vacation in the summer.
• The flowers bloom in the summer.
• I like to play outside in the summer.
• We have a lot of barbecues in the summer.
• My favorite season is summer.
• I can't wait for summer to start.

Quotes with Summer

• And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James
• In summer, the song sings itself. - William Carlos Williams
• Summer's lease hath all too short a date. - William Shakespeare
• Summertime is always the best of what might be. - Charles Bowden

Number of characters in Summer

6 ( s, u, m, m, e, r )

Unique letters in Summer

5 ( s, u, m, e, r )

Summer Backwards

remmus

How to Pronounce Summer

IPA (International): ˈsʌmɜ:

ARA (American): ˈsʌmɝ

EPA (English): ˈsʌmɜ:

SAH-MER