april

CEFRA1

/ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The fourth month of the year.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.

Examples

  • Here is our answer to your fax message dated April 1st.

  • We had a spell of warm weather in April.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A surname.

More examples

In context

  • School begins on April the tenth.

  • Holonyms: calendar year; year

  • Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there

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Origin

noun

From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.