English Explanatory Dictionary

monthly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Occurring every month.
adv
  1. Every month.
noun
  1. A publication that is published once a month.
  2. The menstrual period.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌnθli/ en-us-monthly.ogg

Word forms

monthly mon. monthlies

Etymology

From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).

Synonyms

every month each month mensually

Related words

weekly daily yearly frequency

Derived words

half-monthly monthly bill monthly friend monthly meeting monthly tugboat monthly visitor semi-monthly thrice-monthly alt-monthly bimonthly intermonthly intramonthly midmonthly monthlyish nonmonthly semimonthly submonthly trimonthly
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