month

CEFRA1

/mʌnθ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of the twelve periods into which a year is divided.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.

Examples

  • He's got a face like a month of wet Sundays.

  • How many times a month do you write home?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /mʊnt̪/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A woman's period; menstrual discharge.

  2. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.

More examples

In context

  • The commission is expected to report its findings next month.

  • July is my favourite month.

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

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Origin

noun

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. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”), German Low German Maand (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”). Eclipsed non-native Old English calend (“month”), borrowed from Latin calendae.