month
Alternative forms
- moneth (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English month, moneth, from Old English mōnaþ (“month”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to Африканс. Cognate with Scots moneth (“month”); North Frisian muunt (“month”); Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Холандски maand (“month”); German Low German Maand, Monat (“month”); Немачки Monat (“month”); Дански and Norwegian Bokmål måned (“month”); Norwegian Nynorsk and Шведски månad (“month”); Icelandic mánuði (“month”); Латински mēnsis (“month”); Антички Грчки μήν (mḗn); Armenian ամիս (amis); Old Irish mí; Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ). See also moon.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /mʌnθ/, [mɐn̪θ], enPR: mŭnth
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) МФА(кључ): /mʌnθ/, [mʌn̪θ], enPR: mŭnth
Audio (GA) (file) - Риме: -ʌnθ
Noun
month (plural months or (rare) month)
- A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
- July is my favourite month.
- 2013 август 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
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- A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
- We went on holiday for two months.
- 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
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- 2011 септембар 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
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- (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
Derived terms
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See also
- calendar
- day
- time
- week
- year
- (Грегоријански календарски месеци) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Категорија: en:Грегоријански календарски месеци)
- (Хебрејски календарски месеци) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul (Категорија: en:Хебрејски календарски месеци)
- (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'aban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu al-Qida, Dhu al-Hijjah (Категорија: en:Islamic months)
Middle English
Noun
month
- Alternative form of moneth