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See also:monð

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmon(e)th, fromOld Englishmōnaþ, fromProto-West Germanic*mānōþ, fromProto-Germanic*mēnōþs(“month”), fromProto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s(“moon, month”), probably derived from*meh₁-(“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related tomoon.

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month (pluralmonthsor(UK colloquial)month)

  1. Aperiod into which ayear is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
    July is my favouritemonth.
    • 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8847:
      Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point everymonth.
  3. A period of 30days, 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
    We went on holiday for twomonths.
    • 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:
      Charles had not been employed above sixmonths at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
    • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers”, inBBC Sport:
      With the north London derby to come at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after amonth out through injury.
    • 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, inCNN‎[1]:
      The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country,months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
  4. (obsolete, in theplural) A woman'speriod; menstrual discharge.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC:
      Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of theirmonths.

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Translations

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period into which a year is divided

See also

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Gregorian calendar monthsedit
Hebrew calendar monthsedit
Islamic calendar monthsedit

Middle English

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Noun

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month

  1. alternative form ofmoneth
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