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February

/ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈfɛb.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈfɛb.ɹi/ UK
/ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/ US
/ˈfɛb.juˌɛ(ə)ɹi/ US
/feb.juː.eː.ɹiː/ Australia
/feb.jə.ɹiː/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɛbɹi

Where it comes from

From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).

proper noun Februaries · Februarys · Feb · Feb. · FEB · Februarius

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days. Holonyms: calendar year; year
Similar: Second Month
rare A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. “Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking becau

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: feb, september, january, june, july, april, november, december, october, month, mid-february, march, febuary, feburary, febbraio, februar

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name second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars

Español	febrero, hebrero
한국어	이월 iwol, 2월 2wol
日本語	二月 nigatsu, 如月 kisaragi
中文	二月 èryuè
हिन्दी	फ़रवरी farvarī
Kiswahili	Februari
Português	fevereiro
Français	février
Deutsch	Februar, Hornung
Italiano	febbraio
Ελληνικά	Φεβρουάριος Fevrouários
Română	februarie, făurar
Русский	февра́ль fevrálʹ
Tiếng Việt	tháng hai
العربية	فِبْرَايِر fibrāyir, شُبَاط šubāṭ
עברית	פֶבְּרוּאָר fébruar

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@misc{february_2026,
  title = {February},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/february},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}