december

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsɛˀmbɐ/, [d̥e̝ˈseˀmb̥ɐ], [te̝ˈseˀmpɒ̽]

Noun

december c

1. December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
  Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned ^{(Category: da:Months)}

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch december, from Latin December.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmbər/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): [deɪˈsɛmbər]
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛmbər

Noun

december m (plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)

1. December

   Synonym: (archaic) wintermaand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Desember
• Negerhollands: december
• → Caribbean Hindustani: desambar
• → Caribbean Javanese: désèmber
• → Indonesian: Desember
• → Papiamentu: desèmber
• → Trió: risenpë

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

december (plural decemberek)

1. December

Declension

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words of time

(Gregorian calendar months) január, február, március, április, május, június, július, augusztus, szeptember, október, november, december ^{(Category: hu:Months)}

Further reading

• december in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• december in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dezember.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈt͡sɛm.bɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛmbɛr
• Syllabification: de‧cem‧ber

Noun

december m inan (related adjective decembrowi)

1. December

   Synonyms: gòdnik, grëdzéń

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) miesące kalãdôrza gregòriańscziego; januar/stëczéń/stëcznik/zetnik, februar/gromicznik/luti, marc/strëmiannik, aprël/łżëkwiat/kwiecéń, môj, juny/czerwińc/czerwc, juli/lëpińc/lipc, agùst/serzpiéń/zélnik, zeptember/séwnik/wrzeséń, òktober/rujan/brzadownik/pajicznik/paklepnik/pazdzérznik, nowember/lëstopadnik/lëstopôd, december/gòdnik/grëdzéń ^{(Category: csb:Gregorian calendar months)}

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “december”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “grudzień”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.ber/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmbɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃem.ber/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmber]

Adjective

december (feminine decembris, neuter decembre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of December: of December

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Proper noun

december m (genitive decembris); third declension

1. Alternative letter-case form of December: December
   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Détsämmber (Eupen)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin December.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsæm.bəʀ/
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -æmbəʀ

Noun

december m

1. December (month)

Middle High German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin December, from decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Noun

december m

1. December

Declension

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Dezämber
• Bavarian: Dezemba
• Cimbrian: disèmber
• German: Dezember
  • → Estonian: detsember
  • → Hunsrik: Dezember
  • → Kashubian: december
  • → Hebrew: דצמבר (detsémber)
  • → Luxembourgish: Dezember
• Pennsylvania German: Dezember, Disember
• Yiddish: דעצעמבער (detsember)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) jener, febrer, merze, aberelle, meie, [Term?], [Term?], ougeste, september, october, november, december ^{(Category: gmh:Gregorian calendar months)}

References

• "december" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dezember (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin December.

Proper noun

december m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) December

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟet͡sember]

Noun

december m inan (relational adjective decembrový)

1. December

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) mesiac gregoriánskeho kalendára; január, február, marec, apríl, máj, jún, júl, august, september, október, november, december ^{(Category: sk:Months)}

Derived terms

• decembrový

Further reading

• “december”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛt͡sɛ̀ːmbər/

Noun

decémbər m inan

1. December

Inflection

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) méseci gregorijánskega koledárja; jánuar, fébruar, márec, apríl, máj, júnij, júlij, avgúst, septêmber, október, novêmber, decêmber

Further reading

• “december”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “december”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/

Noun

december c

1. December

Synonyms

• Christmånad
• julmånad
• kristmånad

Derived terms

• decembermånad
• decembermånaden (definite form for december)