december

december

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of december in English

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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

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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Latin

Etymology

By syncope from earlier *decumo-mēmbris, analogically to septem : september, from earlier *decumo-mēnsris "of the tenth month", from the ordinal stem decem (ten) + *mēnsris, from mens- (month) + -ris. In the Roman calendar, the year began with mārtius (March), and december was the tenth month of the year.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) 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. of December
    • 59 B.C.E. - 17 C.E. — Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXII
      postremo decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est.
      finally in the middle of the month of December there was a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn.
  2. (masculine substantive) December
    • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.

Usage notes

In Latin, month names are also used as adjectives, modifying substantives such as mensis.

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Descendants

Borrowings
Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

See also

  • Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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)

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): /ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr/

Noun

december m inan (genitive singular decembra, nominative plural decembre, genitive plural decembrov, declension pattern of stroj)

  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, 2024

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/

Noun

december c

  1. December

Synonyms

  • Christmånad
  • julmånad
  • kristmånad

Derived terms

  • decembermånad
  • decembermånaden (definite form for december)

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