january

CEFRA1

/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The first month of the year

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • January is the first month of the year.

  • The first month of the year is January.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

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In context

  • The winter semester always begins in early january.

  • 01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.

  • American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.