April

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• Aprill (obsolete)

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/, /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
• (US) enPR: āʹprəl, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/

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• (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹaɪl/

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• Hyphenation: A‧pril

April (plural Aprils)

2. 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.

   • 2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN‎:

     As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

3. 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.

4. A surname.

• (given name): Avril

• Paril, prial, pilar, Plair

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April (plural Aprilmaande)

1. April

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”).

April

1. a female given name from English

• Pilar

Borrowed from German April.

April

1. April

   Coordinate term: (native term) Afɔfiɛ

From Middle High German aberelle, from Old High German abrello, borrowed from Latin Aprīlis.

• IPA^(key): /aˈpʁɪl/

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April m (strong, genitive April or Aprils, plural Aprile)

1. 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 Henriquez in sein Menologium auf den 21. Tag des Aprils gesetzet;

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   • 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.

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   • 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.

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• 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).

• → Estonian: aprill
• → Hunsrik: April
• → Kashubian: aprël (dated)
• → Slovincian: april

• “April” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “April” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “April” in Duden online
• April on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Borrowed from German April.

• IPA^(key): /aˈpriːl/, /aˈpril/
• Rhymes: -iːl, -il
• Syllabification: A‧pril

April m (plural April)

1. April

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

April

Wikipedia ^id

From Dutch april, from Middle Dutch april, from Latin Aprīlis. Cognate with Afrikaans April, Malay April.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapril/
• Rhymes: -april
• Syllabification: Ap‧ril

April

1. April

• “April” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

April m

1. German-based and Veldeke spelling of april

Borrowed from English April, from Middle English apprile, from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis.

• (English-based) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -prəl, -əl
• (Baku) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -pril, -il
• Hyphenation: A‧pril

April (Jawi spelling اڤريل)

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

• “April” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Sicilian aprili.

• IPA^(key): /apˈriːl/

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April m (plural Aprilijiet)

1. April
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

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• april (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

Ultimately from Latin Aprīlis.

April m

1. (Sylt) April

   Synonym: Gērsmuun

Borrowed from English April.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔejpɾil/
• Rhymes: -ejpɾil
• Syllabification: A‧pril

April (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)

1. a female given name from English

• paril, piral