december

CEFRA1

/dɪˈsɛmbə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The twelfth month of the year.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].

Examples

  • It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955.

  • It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A surname.

  2. The twelfth and last month of the year.

More examples

In context

  • Your contract of employment terminates in December.

  • Holonyms: calendar year; year

  • Old Oakes doe not eaſily fall: / Decembers cold hand combes my head and beard, / But May ſvvimmes in my blood; and he that vvalkes / VVithout his vvooden third legge, is never old.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.