Etymology
From Latin februarius, derived from februare, "to purify, to cleanse", because it was originally the last month of the Roman calendar. Originally entered English from Old French as feoverel, later respelled to be more like the Latin.
Noun
February
- The second month of the Gregorian calendar, having 29 days in a leap year and 28 in other years.
Translations
- Albanian: shkurt
- Basque: otsail
- Breton: C'hwevrer miz C'hwevrer
- Bulgarian: февруари m
- Catalan: febrer m
- Chinese: 二月
- Czech: únor m
- Danish: februar c
- Dutch: februari
- Esperanto: februaro
- Finnish: helmikuu
- French: février m
- Frisian: febrewaris, sellemoanne
- German: Februar m
- Hebrew: פברואר
- Icelandic: febrúar
- Indonesian: februari
- Interlingua: februario
- Italian: febbraio m
- Japanese: ２月 (にがつ, nigatsu)
- Korean: 2월์
- Manchu: (juwe biya)
- Maori: pepuere
- Norwegian: februar
- Polish: luty
- Portuguese: fevereiro
- Romanian: februarie
- Russian: февраль
- Slovak: február m
- Spanish: febrero
- Swedish: februari
- Tagalog: Pebrero
- Thai: กุมภาพันธ์
- Vietnamese: tháng hai
