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Month
English
Etymology
Middle English < Old English mōnað < Proto-Germanic *mænoth- < Proto-Indo-European *me(n)ses- (moon, month), probably from PIE base *mê- (to measure), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time. Cognate with moon.
Pronunciation
- AHD : mŭnth
- IPA : /mʌnθ/
- SAMPA : /mVnT/
Noun
month (plural: months)
- A period into which a year is divided. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
Related terms
Translations
- Arabic: شَهْرٌ (šáhr) m, أُشْهُرٌ (’úšhur) pl, شُهُورٌ (šuhúːr) pl
- Breton: miz m, mizio ù pl; mizvezh m, mizvezhio ù pl
- Bulgarian: месец (mésets) m, месеци (mésetsi) pl
- Catalan: mes m, mesos pl (ca)
- Chinese: 月 (yuè)
- Croatian: mjesec m
- Czech: měsíc m
- Danish: maaned c
- Dutch: maand f
- Estonian: kuu
- Finnish: kuukausi (kuu when preceded by a modifier, e.g., ensi kuussa = next month) (Suomi )
- French: mois m
- German: Monat m, Monate pl (de)
- Greek: μήνας (mínas) m
- Hebrew: חודש (khódeš)
- Hungarian: hónap
- Icelandic: mánuður
- Indonesian: bulan
- Italian: mese m
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- Japanese: 月 (つき , tsukí; がつ , gatsú)
- Korean: 달 (dal), 월 (weol)
- Kurdish (Kurmancî): meh, heyv , hîv
- Kurdish (Soranî): mang
- Manchu: biya
- måned
- Ojibwe: giizis , giizisoog pl
- Old English: monað m
- Polish: miesiąc m, miesiące pl
- Portuguese: mês m
- Romanian: lună f
- Russian: месяц (mésjats) m, месяцы (mésjatsy) pl
- Sasxsek: mes
- Serbian: месец (mesec) m
- Slovak: mesiac m
- Spanish: mes m, meses pl
- Swedish: månad c
- Thai: เดือน (deuuan)
- Turkish: ay
- Ukrainian: місяць (mísjats’) m
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