English Explanatory Dictionary

month

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
  2. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
  3. A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

Pronunciation

mŭnth /mʌnθ/ En-uk-a month.ogg En-us-month.ogg /mʊnt̪/

Word forms

month months moneth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥sder. Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ Old English mōnaþ Middle English mon(e)th English month 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.

Synonyms

month

Related words

calendar :Category:Months Appendix:Months of the Islamic year Appendix:Months of the Chinese Year mo mo. mon mons mul:m

Derived words

13th month ber month birth month bissextile month calendar month draconic month draconitic month dump months Eastermonth ember months fence month flavor of the month flavour of the month gander month halfmonth honey-month intermonth intramonth leap month light month lunar month man-month midmonth month by month monther monthful monthiversary monthling monthlong month-long monthly month mind month of consecution month of Sundays monthsary month's end months-long monthslong month's mind month to date moon month multimonth never in a month of Sundays nodical month periodic month person-month pinch and a punch for the first of the month Platonic month R month Roman month run of month sidereal month six-month club stellar month synodic month that time of the month time of the month tropical month twelvemonth worm month
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