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month

  • /mʌnθ/
  • /mʊnt̪/ Ireland
  • /mʊnt/

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From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”), German Low German Maand (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”).

Eclipsed non-native Old English calend (“month”), borrowed from Latin calendae.

noun months · month · moneth

  1. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. July is my favourite month.
  2. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof. Holonyms: bimester < trimester < quadrimester < semester < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
  3. in plural, obsolete A woman's period; menstrual discharge. Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months.

Similar: month

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Closest in meaning: calendar month, year, lunar, moon, february, september, january, june, july, april, november, december, october, time, mid-may, mes

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noun period into which a year is divided

Españolmes
한국어달 dal, 월 wol, 월간 wolgan
日本語月 tsuki, 月間 gekkan
中文月 yuè, 月份 yuèfèn
हिन्दीमहीना mahīnā, मास mās, माह māh, मासक māsak
Kiswahilimwezi
Portuguêsmês
Françaismois
DeutschMonat
Italianomese
Ελληνικάμήνας mínas
Românălună
Русскийме́сяц mésjac
Tiếng Việttháng
العربيةشَهْر šahr
עבריתחֹדֶשׁ khódesh

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@misc{month_2026,
  title = {month},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/month},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}