English Explanatory Dictionary

June

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
name
  1. 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.
verb
  1. To rush.

Pronunciation

jo͞on /d͡ʒuːn/ /d͡ʒjuːn/ /d͡ʒun/ en-us-June.ogg

Word forms

June Junes Jun Jun. juning juned

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June 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”).

Synonyms

Sixth Month

Related words

Jun Jun. mul:6 January February March April May July August September October November December

Derived words

bird of June June-apple June beetle juneberry June Bootids June bug June cold June Days June Days Uprising June drop June gloom June grass June List June Movement June sucker Juneteenth June War June Week Junie mid-June
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