june
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June¹
- /d͡ʒuːn/ UK
- /d͡ʒjuːn/ UK
- /d͡ʒun/ US
Sounds like dune stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn · Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
proper noun Junes · Jun · Jun. · JUN
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The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
Holonyms: calendar year; year
Similar: Sixth Month
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], often for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McFarland, 1721 Nichol avenue, girl, named June Irene.
June²
- /d͡ʒuːn/ UK
- /d͡ʒjuːn/ UK
- /d͡ʒun/ US
Sounds like dune stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn · Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
Short for junior.
proper noun
- A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father. For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.
june³
verb junes · juning · juned
- To rush.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: january, september, april, july, november, december, october, february, month, mid-june, six, jan, jun, jul, march, may
Translations
Every language
name sixth month of the Gregorian calendar
| Español | junio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유월 yuwol, 6월 yuweol |
| 日本語 | 六月 rokugatsu, 水無月 minazuki |
| 中文 | 六月 /6月 liùyuè |
| हिन्दी | जून jūn |
| Kiswahili | Juni |
| Português | junho |
| Français | juin |
| Deutsch | Juni, Brachet |
| Italiano | giugno |
| Ελληνικά | Ιούνιος Ioúnios, Ιούνης Ioúnis, Θεριστής Theristís |
| Română | iunie, cireșar |
| Русский | ию́нь ijúnʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tháng 6, tháng sáu |
| العربية | يُونِيُو yūniyō, حَزِيرَان ḥazīrān |
| עברית | יוּנִי yúni |
Talk about this word "june." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/june. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. june. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/june "june." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/june.Cite this
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title = {june},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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