December

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December

/dɪˈsɛmbə/ UK
/dɪˈsɛm.bɚ/ US
/ɖɪˈsɛmbə(r)/ South Asia
/ɖɪsəmˈbɜ(r)/ South Asia
/dɪˈzɛmbə/
/dɪˈzɛmbər/

Rhymes with -ɛmbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.

proper noun Decembers · Dec. · Dec · DEC · Dc · Decembre

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice. Holonyms: calendar year; year
Similar: Yulemonth, Twelfth Month
rare A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. But others were less than thrilled with this new gizmo, particularly its addictive qualities. There were reports of breakups threatened and consummated over it. “Our marriage or your Sony,” one woman told her husband, who duly sold the Walkman to a bachelor friend. A young woman named December Cole,
A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dec, november, october, june, july, january, september, february, month, mid-december, twelve, bre, canon, march, vom, dezember

Translations

Every language

name twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar

Español	diciembre
한국어	십이월 sibiwol
日本語	十二月 jūnigatsu, 師走 shiwasu
中文	十二月 shí'èryuè
हिन्दी	दिसम्बर disambar
Kiswahili	Desemba
Português	dezembro
Français	décembre
Deutsch	Dezember, Julmond
Italiano	dicembre
Ελληνικά	Δεκέμβριος Dekémvrios, Δεκέμβρης Dekémvris
Română	decembrie, undrea
Русский	дека́брь dekábrʹ
Tiếng Việt	tháng Mười hai, tháng Mười Hai, tháng mười hai
العربية	دِيسِمْبِر disimbir, دِيسَمْبِر disambir, كَانُون الْأَوَّل kānūn al-ʔawwal
עברית	דֶּצֶמְבֶּר detsémber

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Chicago

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@misc{december_2026,
  title = {December},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/december},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}