month

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English

Alternative forms

• moneth (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭnth, IPA^(key): /mʌnθ/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /mʊnt̪/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /mʊnt/
• Rhymes: -ʌnθ

Noun

month (plural months or (UK colloquial) month)

1. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
3. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.

   Alternative forms: mo, mo., mon, mons, m, M (symbols)

   Holonyms: bimester < trimester < quadrimester < semester < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

   Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight
4. (obsolete, in the plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

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See also

• calendar

Middle English

Noun

month

1. alternative form of moneth