English Explanatory Dictionary

December

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɛmbə/ dĭ-sĕmʹbər /dɪˈsɛm.bɚ/ en-us-December.ogg /ɖɪˈsɛmbə(r)/ /ɖɪsəmˈbɜ(r)/ /dɪˈzɛmbə/ /dɪˈzɛmbər/

Word forms

December Decembers Decembre Dec. Dec Dc

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December 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.

Synonyms

Yulemonth Twelfth Month

Related words

December effect December Murders December Revolution December Uprising May and December Undecimber Dec Dec. 10ber mul:12 January February March April May June July August September October November

Derived words

December bride Decemberish Decemberly Decembrist Destroy Dick December May-December
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