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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (literally “Easter month”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
April (plural Aprils)
- The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
- Synonym: Eastermonth
1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad:Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there
2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation:The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
- A female given name transferred from the month name ; used since the early 20th century.
1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27:I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.
- A surname.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Abaza: апрель (aprelᶻ)
- Abkhaz: мшаҧы (mŝapə)
- Adyghe: мэлылъфэгъу (mɛləlˢfɛğʷu)
- Afrikaans: April (af)
- Alabama: hasiholtina istonóostàaka, Eyprilka
- Albanian: prill m, prilli (sq)
- Alutiiq: Uqna'isurt'sqaaq Iraluq
- Amharic: ኤፕረል (ʾepräl)
- Apache:
- Western Apache: Tʼąąʼ Náchoh
- Arabic: أَبْرِيل (ar) m (ʔabrīl), نِيسَان (ar) m (nīsān)
- Aragonese: abril (an) m
- Aramaic: ניִסַן m
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ m (nīsan)
- Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ m (nisën)
- Armenian: ապրիլ (hy) (april)
- Old Armenian: ապրիլ (april)
- Aromanian: aprir, prir, April
- Asturian: abril (ast) m
- Atikamekw: Ka wasikototc pisimw
- Azerbaijani: aprel (az)
- Basque: apiril (eu)
- Belarusian: красаві́к (be) m (krasavík)
- Bengali: এপ্রিল (bn) (epril)
- Bislama: epril
- Breton: Ebrel (br), miz Ebrel
- Bulgarian: апри́л (bg) m (apríl)
- Burmese: ဧပြီ (my) (e-pri), လေးလ (le:la.)
- Catalan: abril (ca) m
- Central Dusun: Ngiop
- Chechen: Оханан-бутт (Oxanan-butt)
- Cherokee: ᎧᏬᏂ (kawoni)
- Chichewa: Epulo
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 四月 (sei3 jyut6)
- Dungan: сыйүә (sɨyüə)
- Hakka: 四月 (si-ngie̍t)
- Hokkien: 四月 (sì-go̍eh, sì-ge̍h, sì-gōe)
- Mandarin: 四月 (zh) (sìyuè)
- Chukchi: гыройъэлгын (gyrojʺėlgyn), гыройъэԓгын (gyrojʺėḷgyn)
- Chuvash: ака (ak̬a)
- Cimbrian: aprile m, avrell m, avrelle m
- Classical Nahuatl: abrīl
- Coptic: ⲁⲡⲣⲓⲗⲓⲟⲥ (aprilios)
- Cornish: (mys) Ebrel
- Corsican: aprile (co) m
- Crimean Tatar: aprel
- Czech: duben (cs) m
- Dakota: Wiitopa
- Dalmatian: aprail
- Danish: april (da) c
- Dhivehi: އެޕްރީލް (eprīl)
- Dutch: april (nl) m, grasmaand (nl) m (archaic)
- Dzongkha: སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཞི་པ། (spyi zla bzhi pa)
- Erzya: чадыков (čadikov)
- Esperanto: aprilo (eo), Aprilo
- Estonian: aprill (et)
- Ewe: Afɔfiɛ
- Faroese: apríl
- Fijian: Epereli
- Finnish: huhtikuu (fi)
- French: avril (fr) m
- Friulian: Avrîl
- Galician: abril (gl) m
- Gamilaraay: Bulawaa
- Georgian: აპრილი (ka) (aṗrili)
- German: April (de) m, Ostermond (de) m
- Gilbertese: Eberi
- Greek: Απρίλιος (el) m (Aprílios)
- Greenlandic: apriili
- Haitian Creole: avril
- Hausa: Afrilu
- Hawaiian: ʻApelila
- Hebrew: אַפְּרִיל (he) m (apríl)
- Hindi: अप्रैल (hi) m (aprail)
- Hungarian: április (hu)
- Icelandic: apríl (is) m, aprílmánuður m
- Ido: aprilo (io)
- Ilocano: Abril
- Indonesian: april (id)
- Ingrian: apreli, kevätkuu (dialectal, rare)
- Interlingua: april (ia)
- Inupiaq: Qargiḷiġvik
- Irish: Aibreán (ga) m, Mí Aibreáin
- Italian: aprile (it) m
- Jamaican Creole: Iepril
- Japanese: 四月 (ja) (しがつ, shigatsu), 卯月 (ja) (うづき, uzuki)
- Javanese: april
- Kabuverdianu: (ALUPEC, Badiu) abril, (São Vicente) ébril
- Kalmyk: мөрн сар (mörn sar)
- Kambera: wulang patu
- Kannada: ಎಪ್ರಿಲ್ (kn) (epril)
- Kapampangan: Pángayápat a búlan, abril
- Kazakh: сәуір (kk) (säuır)
- Khmer: មេសា (km) (meisaa)
- Kikuyu: Mũthatũ
- Korean: 사월(四月) (ko) (sawol)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: avrêl (ku)
- Kyrgyz: апрель (ky) (aprel)
- Ladin: oril
- Lao: ເດືອນເມສາ (dư̄an mē sā)
- Latin: Aprīlis (la)
- Latvian: aprīlis (lv) m
- Lezgi: нава (nava)
- Limburgish: April (li)
- Lithuanian: balandis (lt) m
- Livonian: april
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: april
- German Low German: April (nds) m, Aprilmaand m, Oostermaand m; Pröl m (Low Prussian)
- Luxembourgish: Abrëll (lb) m, Fréileng m, Ouschtermount (lb) m
- Macedonian: април (mk) m (april)
- Malay:
- Jawi: اڤريل (ms)
- Rumi: April (ms)
- Malayalam: ഏപ്രിൽ (ml) (ēpril)
- Maltese: April (mt) m
- Manchu: ᡩᡠᡳᠨ
ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ (duin biya)
- Manx: Averil m, Jerrey Arree m
- Maori: Āperire
- Marathi: एप्रिल (epril)
- Mingrelian: პირელი (ṗireli)
- Mirandese: Abril m
- Mòcheno: oberel m
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: дөрөвдүгээр сар (dörövdügeer sar)
- Montagnais: shiship-pishimᵘ
- Navajo: Tʼą́ą́chil
- Neapolitan: abbrile
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: april m
- Mooring: gjarsmoune m, april m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: april (no) m
- Nynorsk: april (nn) m
- Occitan: abril (oc) m
- Odia: ଅପ୍ରେଲ (ôprelô)
- Ojibwe: iskigamizige-giizis
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: брѣзьнъ m (brězĭnŭ)
- Old English: ēastermōnaþ m
- Oromo: Caamsaa
- Ossetian: апрель (aprelʹ)
- Pashto: اپرېل (ps) m (aprél)
- Pennsylvania German: Abrill, Aprill
- Persian: آوریل (fa) (âvril), آپریل (âpril), اپریل (aprêl) (Dari)
- Plautdietsch: Aprell m
- Polish: kwiecień (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: abril (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਅਪਰੈਲ (pa) m (aparail)
- Romani: Abrílo m (Kalderash)
- Romanian: aprilie (ro) m, (popular) prier (ro)
- Romansch: avrel m
- Russian: апре́ль (ru) m (aprélʹ)
- Sami:
- Inari: cuáŋuimáánu
- Northern: cuoŋománnu
- Skolt: pââˊzzmään
- Samoan: aperila
- Sanskrit: आंग्लवर्षस्य चतुर्थमास (āṃglavarṣasya caturthamāsa)
- Sardinian: abriri, aprile, albile
- Saterland Frisian: April
- Scots: Aprile
- Scottish Gaelic: Giblean m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: април m
- Roman: april (sh) m, travanj (sh) m
- Shona: Kubvumbi
- Sicilian: aprili (scn) m
- Sinhalese: අප්රියෙල් (apriyel)
- Slovak: apríl (sk) m
- Slovene: apríl (sl) m
- Sotho: Mmesa (st)
- Spanish: abril (es) m
- Swahili: Aprili
- Swedish: april (sv) c
- Tagalog: Abril (tl)
- Tahitian: ’ēperēra
- Tajik: апрел (tg) (aprel)
- Tamil: ஏப்ரல் (ta) (ēpral)
- Tatar: апрель (aprel’)
- Telugu: ఏప్రిల్ (te) (ēpril)
- Thai: เมษายน (th) (mee-sǎa-yon)
- Tok Pisin: epril
- Tongan: ʻEpeleli
- Turkish: nisan (tr), açaray (tr)
- Turkmen: aprel (tk)
- Udmurt: оштолэзь (oštoleź)
- Ukrainian: кві́тень (uk) m (kvítenʹ)
- Upper Sorbian: apryl (hsb) m, jutrownik m (archaic)
- Urdu: اپریل (ur) m (aprel)
- Uyghur: ئاپرېل (aprël), ئاپريل (apryl), تۆتىنچى ئاي (tötinchi ay)
- Uzbek: aprel (uz)
- Vai: ꔀꖛꗏ (Epulɔ)
- Venetian: avril (vec)
- Veps: sulaku
- Vietnamese: tháng tư (vi)
- Volapük: prilul (vo)
- Võro: mahlakuu
- Walloon: avri (wa)
- Welsh: Ebrill (cy) m
- West Frisian: april (fy), gersmoanne (fy)
- Winnebago: Hoo hirogįnįną wiira
- Wolof: Awril
- Yakut: Муус устар (Muus ustar)
- Yiddish: אַפּריל (yi) m (april)
- Yup'ik: Tengmiirvik
- Zazaki: abrıle, nisane (diq), lisan c, lizan c
- Zulu: i-ephuleli
- Zuni: Łi'dekwakkya Łana
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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
References
- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § III.1, page 72.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Noun
April (plural Aprilmaande)
- April
See also
(Gregorian calendar months) Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Junie, Julie, Augustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember (Category: af:Months)
Cebuano
Etymology
From English April, from Middle English apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
Proper noun
April
- a female given name from English
Anagrams
Ewe
Proper noun
April
- April
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
Noun
April m (strong, genitive April or Aprils, plural Aprile)
- April
1741, Annales Cistercienses, Das ist, Cisterciensische, Oder Vielmehr Jährliche Kirchen-Geschichte Von Erbauung Cisterz, wie dieser Heil. Marianischen Orden seinen Anfang und Aufnahm genommen, und was sich von Anno Christi Geburth 1098. des Heil. Cistercienser-Ordens im ersten bis 1212. des bemeldten Ordens im 115. Jahr Denckwürdiges begaben, In V. Theil abgetheilet. In Lateinischer Sprache beschrieben Von dem Hochwürdigsten Angelo Manrique von Burgen von dem Hochwürdigen Bonifacio Hiltprand Ins Teutsche übersetzt; Endlichen Ans Tag-Licht und in Druck gegeben Von dem Hochwürdigen Wilhelmo II. Dritter Theil, page 156:[...] hingegen hat ihn [= den Tag des seeligen Abschieds des Heil. Fastradi] Henriquez in sein Menologium auf den 21. Tag des Aprils gesetzet; [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1818, Eichenlaub, auf Luthers Grab gestreut, im Jahre 1817, von Dr. Johann Adolph Jacobi. Dritte Ausgabe. vermehrt, page 84:Am Dritten des Aprils trat der Kurfürst mit einer Begleitung, die seiner Würde entsprach, die Reise nach Augsburg an.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1834, Das Volks-Schulwesen in den Preußischen Staaten. Eine Zusammenstellung der Verordnungen, welche den Elementar-Unterricht der Jugend betreffen, von Dr. Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur, page 206 (from a "Dienstvorschrift für die Schulvorstände"):
22) Bei Ueberreichung der Verzeichnisse der schulpflichtigen Kinder weiset der Vorstand den Lehrer an, mit dem Ersten Aprils und dem Ersten Octobers diejenigen aufzunehmen, welche dann das 8te Jahr vollendet haben.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Expressions like der erste April (der 1. April) are normally used to refer to a certain day of April and not to a certain entire month of April during a period of more than one year (e.g. der April des zweiten Jahres).
Declension
Descendants
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
- (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
- (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond (Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)
Further reading
- “April” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “April” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “April” in Duden online
- April on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
Borrowed from German April.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈpril/, /aˈpriːl/
- Rhymes: -il, -iːl
- Hyphenation: A‧pril
Noun
April m (nominative plural April)
- April
Declension
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Monate im gregorianicher Kalenner; Januer, Februer, Merz, April, Maai, Juni, Juli, Aaugust/August, September, Oktover, November, Dezember (Categories: hrx:Gregorian calendar months, hrx:Months)
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “April”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 13
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch april, from Middle Dutch april, from Latin Aprīlis. Cognate with Afrikaans April, Malay April.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈap̚.rɪl/
- Hyphenation: Ap‧ril
Proper noun
April
- April
Coordinate terms
(Gregorian calendar months) bulan kalender Gregorius; Januari, Februari, Maret, April, Mei, Juni, Juli, Agustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember (Category: id:Gregorian calendar months)
Further reading
Limburgish
Noun
April m
- German-based spelling and Veldeke spelling spelling of april
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English April, from Middle English apprile, from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
April (Jawi spelling اڤريل)
- April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian aprili.
Pronunciation
Noun
April m
- April
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) xhur tas-sena fil-kalendarju Gregorjan; Jannar, Frar, Marzu, April, Mejju, Ġunju, Lulju, Awwissu, Settembru, Ottubru, Novembru, Diċembru (Category: mt:Months)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English April.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
April (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
- a female given name from English