Etymology
Old English monat, from Germanic *manoth, which is related to *manon moon. Both are derived from an indogermanic *menses-, which may derive in turn from *mê- meten.
Noun
month (plural: months)
- A period in which a year is divided. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
Related terms
Translations
- Breton: miz m -ioù pl, mizvezh m -ioù pl
- Bulgarian: месец m, месеци pl
- Catalan: mes m (plural: mesos)
- Chinese: 月
- Czech: měsíc m
- Dutch: maand f
- German: Monat m
- Finnish: kuukausi (kuu when preceded by a modifier, e.g. ensi kuussa = next month)
- French: mois m
- Hebrew: חודש
- Hungarian: hónap
- Icelandic: mánuður
- Indonesian: bulan
- Italian: mese m
- Japan: 月 (がつ, gatsu) (Jan=１月, Feb=２月, and so on)
- Manchu: biya
- Polish: miesiąc m (plural: miesiące)
- Portuguese: mês m
- Romanian: lună f
- Russian: месяц (mesyats)
- Slovak: mesiac m
- Spanish: mes m (plural: meses)
- Swedish: månad
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