English Online Dictionary. What means december? What does december mean?
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /deˈsɛˀmbɐ/, [d̥e̝ˈseˀmb̥ɐ], [te̝ˈseˀmpɒ̽]
Noun
december c
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
- postremo decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est.
- 59 B.C.E. - 17 C.E. — Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXII
- (masculine substantive) December
- 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.
- 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
- December (month)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- dezember (Sutsilvan)
Etymology
From Latin december.
Proper noun
december m
- (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)
- 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
- 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
- December
Synonyms
- Christmånad
- julmånad
- kristmånad
Derived terms
- decembermånad
- decembermånaden (definite form for december)