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English
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Etymology
From Middle English month, moneth, from Old English mōnaþ (“month”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to moon + -th.
Cognate with Scots moneth (“month”); North Frisian muunt (“month”); Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”); German Low German Maand, Monat (“month”); German Monat (“month”); Danish and Norwegian Bokmål måned (“month”); Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish månad (“month”); Icelandic mánuði (“month”); Latin mēnsis (“month”); Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn); Armenian ամիս (amis); Old Irish mí; Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (měsęcĭ). See also moon.
Pronunciation
Noun
month (plural months or (rare) month)
- A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
July is my favourite month.
2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
- A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
We went on holiday for two months.
1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.
- (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months.
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Translations
period into which a year is divided
- Abkhaz: амза (amza)
- Adyghe: мазэ (mazɛ)
- Afrikaans: maand (af)
- Akan : abosome
- Albanian: muaj (sq) m
- American Sign Language: 1@TipFinger-PalmBack-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp 1@BaseThumb-PalmBack-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp
- Amharic: ወር (wär)
- Arabic: شَهْر (ar) m (šahr)
- Egyptian Arabic: شهر m (šahr)
- Gulf Arabic: شهر m (šahar)
- Hijazi Arabic: شهر m (šahar)
- Moroccan Arabic: شهر m (šhar)
- South Levantine Arabic: شهر m (šáher)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܪܚܵܐ m (yārḳa)
- Classical Syriac: ܝܪܚܐ m (yarḥā)
- Jewish Aramaic: יַרְחָא m (yarḥā)
- Armenian: ամիս (hy) (amis)
- Old Armenian: ամիս (amis)
- Aromanian: mes (roa-rup) m, lunã f
- Assamese: মাহ (mah)
- Asturian: mes (ast) m
- Avar: моцӏ (mocʼ)
- Azerbaijani: ay (az)
- Balinese: bulan, sasi
- Baluchi: ماہ (máh)
- Bashkir: ай (ay)
- Basque: hil, hilabete
- Belarusian: ме́сяц (be) m (mjésjac)
- Bengali: মাস (bn) (maś), মাহ (bn) (maho)
- Bouyei: ndianl
- Breton: miz (br) m, mizvezh (br) m
- Brunei Malay: bulan
- Bulgarian: ме́сец (bg) m (mésec)
- Burmese: လ (my) (la.)
- Buryat: һара (hara)
- Carpathian Rusyn: мі́сяць m (mísjacʹ)
- Catalan: mes (ca) m
- Cebuano: bulan
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⵓⵔ (yur)
- Central Dusun: wulan
- Chamorro: pulan
- Chechen: бутт (butt)
- Cherokee: ᏏᏅᏙ (sinvdo), ᎧᎸᎢ (kalvi)
- Chichewa: mwezi
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 月 (yue) (jyut6)
- Dungan: йүә (yüə)
- Hokkien: 月 (zh-min-nan) (ge̍h / goe̍h)
- Mandarin: 月 (zh) (yuè), 月份 (zh) (yuèfèn)
- Chuvash: уйӑх (ujăh)
- Classical Nahuatl: mētztli
- Coptic: ⲁⲃⲟⲧ m (ɑouːt) (Bohairic), ⲉⲃⲟⲧ m (aouːt) (Sahidic), ⲁⲃⲏⲧ pl (ɑouat) (Bohairic), ⲉⲃⲁⲧⲉ pl (aouɑda) (Sahidic)
- Cornish: mis m
- Corsican: mese (co) m
- Crimean Tatar: ay
- Czech: měsíc (cs) m
- Dalmatian: mais m
- Danish: måned (da) c
- Dutch: maand (nl) f
- Erzya: ков (kov)
- Esperanto: monato (eo)
- Estonian: kuu (et)
- Ewe: dzinu, ɣleti
- Faroese: mánaður m
- Finnish: kuukausi (fi), kuu (fi)
- French: mois (fr) m
- Friulian: mês m
- Galician: mes (gl) m
- Georgian: თვე (tve)
- German: Monat (de) m
- Godoberi: пурццу
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 m (mēnōþs)
- Greek: μήνας (el) m (mínas)
- Ancient: μήν m (mḗn)
- Mycenaean: 𐂵
- Guerrero Amuzgo: chi'
- Gujarati: મહિનો (gu) m (mahino)
- Haitian Creole: mwa
- Hausa: wata (ha)
- Hawaiian: mahina
- Hebrew: חודש \ חֹדֶשׁ (he) m (khódesh)
- Hiligaynon: bulan
- Hindi: महीना (hi) m (mahīnā), मास (hi) m (mās), माह (hi) m (māh)
- Hungarian: hónap (hu)
- Icelandic: mánuður (is) m
- Ido: monato (io)
- Ilocano: bulan
- Inari Sami: mánuppaje
- Indonesian: bulan (id)
- Ingrian: kuu, kuukaus (rare)
- Ingush: бутт (butt)
- Interlingua: mense
- Inuktitut: ᑕᖅᕿᖅ (taqqiq)
- Irish: mí (ga) f
- Istriot: miz
- Italian: mese (it) m
- Japanese: 月 (ja) (つき, tsuki), 月間 (ja) (げっかん, gekkan)
- Javanese: sasi (jv)
- Kabardian: мазэ (kbd) (mazɛ)
- Kabyle: ayyur m
- Kalasha: mastrúk
- Kalmyk: сар (sar)
- Kannada: ಮಾಸ (kn) (māsa), ತಿಂಗಳು (kn) (tiṅgaḷu)
- Kaqchikel: ik’
- Karelian: kuu
- Kashmiri : رؠتھ (ryath)
- Kashubian: miesąc m
- Kazakh: ай (ai)
- Khmer: ខែ (km) (khae)
- Khmu: ເນື່ອນ
- Kikuyu: mweri class 3
- Korean: 달 (ko) (dal), 월(月) (ko) (wol), 월간(月間) (ko) (wolgan)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: مانگ (ckb) (mang)
- Northern Kurdish: meh (ku), heyv (ku), hîv (ku)
- Kyrgyz: ай (ky) (ay)
- Ladin: meis, mens, mëns
- Lao: ເດືອນ (lo) (dư̄an)
- Latin: mensis (la) m
- Latvian: mēnesis m
- Lezgi: варз (varz)
- Ligurian: méize m
- Lithuanian: mėnuo (lt) m
- Livonian: kū
- Lombard: mes (lmo) m
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: maond
- German Low German: Maand (nds) m, Monat m
- Luganda: omweezi
- Macedonian: месец m (mesec)
- Malay: bulan (ms), (poetic) purnama
- Malayalam: മാസം (ml) (māsaṁ)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: kisuhs anim
- Maltese: xahar (mt) m
- Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠ (biya)
- Manipuri: ꯊꯥ (mni) (thaa)
- Maori: marama
- Maranao: bolan
- Marathi: महिना (mr) (mahinā)
- Mari:
- Western Mari: тӹлзӹ (tÿlzÿ)
- Middle English: moneth
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: сар (mn) (sar)
- Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠷᠠ (sara)
- Mwani: mwezi
- Nandi: arawa
- Navajo: náhidizídígíí, náhidizííd, yiził
- Nepali: महिना (mahinā)
- Norman: mais m
- North Frisian: (Mooring) moune; (Föhr-Amrum) muun m
- Northern Sami: mánotbadji
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: måned (no) m
- Nynorsk: månad m
- Occitan: mes (oc)
- Odia: ମାସ (or) (masô)
- Ojibwe: giizis
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)
- Old East Slavic: мѣсѧць m (měsęcĭ)
- Old English: mōnaþ m
- Oromo: baatii
- Ossetian: мӕй (mæj)
- Pa'o Karen: လာ (blk)
- Papiamentu: luna
- Pashto: مياشت (ps) m (myāšt)
- Pela: la̠³⁵, lɛ̠̃³⁵ma³¹
- Persian:
- Dari: مَاه (fa) (māh)
- Iranian Persian: ماه (fa) (mâh)
- Pipil: metzti
- Plautdietsch: Moonat f
- Polish: miesiąc (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: mês (pt) m
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਮਾਹ m (māh), ਮਹੀਨਾ m (mahīnā), ਮਾਸ m (mās)
- Shahmukhi: مَان٘ہہ m (māṉh) مَہِینَہ m (mahīnah), مَاہ m (māh), مَاس m (mās)
- Romani: masek m, ćhon m
- Romanian: lună (ro) f
- Romansch: mais m
- Russian: ме́сяц (ru) m (mésjac)
- S'gaw Karen: လါ (lah)
- Sanskrit: मास (sa) (māsa)
- Sardinian: mese, mesi
- Saterland Frisian: Mound
- Scottish Gaelic: mìos m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: (Ekavian) ме̏се̄ц m, (Ijekavian) мје̏се̄ц m
- Roman: (Ekavian) mȅsēc (sh) m, (Ijekavian) mjȅsēc (sh) m
- Shan: please add this translation if you can
- Sherpa: ལའ (la')
- Sicilian: misi (scn) m
- Silesian: mjeśůnc m
- Sindhi: مهنو
- Sinhalese: මාසය (si) (māsaya)
- Skolt Sami: mään, määnpââ´jj
- Slovak: mesiac (sk) m
- Slovene: mésec (sl) m
- Somali: bil (so)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: mjasec m
- Upper Sorbian: měsac (hsb) m
- Sotho: kgwedi (st)
- Southern Altai: ай (ay)
- Southern Ohlone: hemetscha char
- Spanish: mes (es) m
- Sundanese: sasih
- Swahili: mwezi (sw) class 3/4
- Swedish: månad (sv) c
- Tabasaran: ваз (vaz)
- Tagalog: buwan (tl)
- Tajik: моҳ (tg) (moh)
- Tamil: மாதம் (ta) (mātam), மாசம் (ta) (mācam), திங்கள் (ta) (tiṅkaḷ)
- Tatar: ай (tt) (ay)
- Telugu: నెల (te) (nela), మాసము (te) (māsamu)
- Thai: เดือน (th) (dʉʉan), มาส (th) (mâat)
- Tibetan: ཟླ (zla)
- Tigrinya: ወርሒ (wärḥi)
- Tocharian A: mañ
- Tocharian B: meñe
- Tok Pisin: mun
- Turkish: ay (tr)
- Turkmen: aý (tk)
- Tuvan: ай (ay)
- Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ)
- Ukrainian: мі́сяць (uk) m (mísjacʹ)
- Urdu: مَہِینا m (mahīnā), مَہِینَہ m (mahīna), ماہ m (māh), ماس m (mās)
- Uyghur: ئاي (ug) (ay)
- Uzbek: oy (uz)
- Venetian: méxe
- Veps: ku
- Vietnamese: tháng (vi) (𣎃)
- Volapük: mul (vo)
- Welsh: mis (cy)
- West Frisian: moanne (fy) c
- White Hmong: hli
- Yagnobi: моҳ (moh)
- Yakut: ый (ıy)
- Yiddish: חודש (yi) m (khóydesh), מאָנאַט m (monat)
- Zazaki: mang f, menge (diq) f
- Zhuang: ndwen
- Zulu: inyanga (zu) class 9/10
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See also
- calendar
- day
- time
- week
- year
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
- (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul (Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)
- (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja (Category: en:Islamic months)
Middle English
Noun
month
- Alternative form of moneth