April

See also april

English

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Etymology

From Middle English apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan Apru, from Ancient Greek Αφροδίτη (Afrodíte, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈeɪprɪl/, X-SAMPA: /"eIprIl/ or as US
• (US) enPR: āʹprəl, IPA: /ˈeɪprəl/, X-SAMPA: /"eIpr@l/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

April (plural: Aprils)

1. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
   • 1845 Robert Browning: Home-Thoughts From Abroad:

     Oh, to be in England

     Now that April's there

2. A female given name for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
   • 1947 Hilda Laurence: Death of a Doll: p.27:

     I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.

Derived terms

Aprilesque April-esquire April-fish April fool April-gentleman April-gowk Aprilian

Aprilish April Constitution of Poland April Fifth Action April Fifth Movement April 19 Revolution, April Revolution April showers

April showers bring May flowers April Theses April Uprising Bloody April days of April mid-April

Translations

fourth month of the Gregorian calendar

• Abaza: апрель
• Abkhaz: мшаҧы (ab) (mšaṗə)
• Afrikaans: April (af)
• Alabama: hasiholtina istonóostàaka, Eyprilka
• Albanian: prill (sq)
• Alutiiq: Uqna'isurt'sqaaq Iraluq
• Amharic: ኤፕረል (am) (epräl)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: Tʼąąʼ Náchoh

• Arabic: أبْرِيل (ar) (’abrīl) m, نِيسَانٌ (ar) (nisān) m
• Aragonese: abril (an) m
• Armenian: ապրիլ (hy) (april)

  Old Armenian: ապրիլ (april)

• Aromanian: aprir (rup), prir (rup), April (rup)
• Asturian: abril (ast) m
• Azeri: aprel (az)
• Basque: apiril (eu)
• Belarusian: красавік (be) (krasavik)
• Bengali: এপ্রিল (bn)
• Bislama: epril (bi)
• Breton: Ebrel (br), miz Ebrel
• Bulgarian: април (bg) (apríl)
• Burmese: ဧပြီ (my) (ebyi)
• Catalan: abril (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎧᏬᏂ (chr) (Kawoni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四月 (cmn) (sìyuè)

• Cornish: Ebrel (kw), mys Ebrel
• Crimean Tatar: aprel
• Czech: duben (cs) m
• Dakota: Wiitopa
• Dalmatian: aprail
• Danish: april (da)
• Dutch: april (nl) m
• Esperanto: aprilo (eo), Aprilo (eo)
• Estonian: aprill (et)
• Ewe: Afɔfiɛ
• Faroese: apríl (fo)
• Fijian: Epereli (fj)
• Filipino: Abril
• Finnish: huhtikuu (fi)
• French: avril (fr) m
• Friulian: avrîl
• Galician: abril (gl) m
• Georgian: აპრილი (ka) (aprili)
• German: April (de) m, Ostermond (de) m
• Gilbertese: Eberi
• Greek: Απρίλιος (el) (Aprílios) m, Απρίλης (el) (Aprílis) m
• Greenlandic: Apriili (kl)
• Haitian Creole: avril
• Hawaiian: ʻApelila
• Hebrew: אַפְּרִיל (he) (apríl) m
• Hindi: अप्रैल (hi) (aprél) m
• Hungarian: április (hu)
• Icelandic: apríl (is) m, aprílmánuður (is) m
• Ido: aprilo (io)
• Ilocano: abril
• Inari Sami: cuáŋuimáánu
• Indonesian: april (id)
• Interlingua: april (ia)
• Interlingue: april (ie)
• Irish: Aibreán (ga)
• Italian: aprile (it) m
• Japanese: 四月 (ja) (しがつ, shigatsu), 卯月 (ja) (うづき, uzuki)
• Javanese: april (jv)
• Kabuverdianu:

  Badiu/ALUPEC or ALUPEK: abril

  São Vicente: ébril

• Kannada: ಎಪ್ರಿಲ್ (kn)
• Kazakh: сәуір (kk) (säwir)
• Khmer: មេសា (km) (meysā)
• Korean: 사월 (ko) (saweol)

• Kurdish: avrêl (ku)
• Kyrgyz: апрел (ky) (aprel)
• Lao: ເດືອນເມສາ (lo)
• Latin: aprīlis (la)
• Latvian: aprīlis (lv)
• Limburgish: April (li)
• Lithuanian: balandis (lt) m
• Livonian: april, kõļimkū
• Low German:

  German Low German: April m, Aprilmaand m, Oostermaand m; Pröl m (Low Prussian)

  Dutch Low Saxon: april

• Luxembourgish: Abrëll (lb) m, Fréileng (lb) m, Ouschtermount (lb) m
• Macedonian: април (mk) (ápril) m
• Malay: april (ms)
• Maltese: April (mt)
• Manchu: (duin biya)
• Maori: Āperire (mi)
• Marathi: एप्रिल (mr) (epril)
• Montagnais: shiship-pishimᵘ
• Navajo: Tʼą́ą́chil
• Neapolitan: abbrile
• Norwegian: april (no)
• Novial: aprile
• Occitan: abril (oc) m
• Ojibwe: iskigamizige-giizis
• Old Church Slavonic: априль (aprilĭ) m
• Old English: ēastermōnaþ (ang) m
• Oriya: ଅପ୍ରେଲ (or)
• Ossetian: апрель (aprel')
• Persian: آوریل (fa) (âvrîl)
• Polish: kwiecień (pl) m
• Portuguese: abril (pt) m
• Romanian: aprilie (ro), (popular) prier (ro)
• Romansch: avrel (rm) m
• Russian: апрель (ru) (aprél’) m
• Sami: cuoŋománnu
• Samoan: aperila (sm)
• Sanskrit: आंग्लवर्षस्य चतुर्थमास (sa) (āṅglavarṣasya caturthamāsaḥ)
• Scots: Aprile
• Scottish Gaelic: Giblean (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: април (sh) m

  Roman: april (sh) m, travanj (sh) m

• Sicilian: aprili (scn) m
• Skolt Sami: pââ´zzmään
• Slovak: apríl (sk) m
• Slovene: apríl (sl) m
• Sotho: Mmesa (st)
• Spanish: abril (es) m
• Swedish: april (sv)
• Tagalog: Abril (tl)
• Tahitian: ’ēperēra
• Tajik: апрел (tg) (aprel)
• Tamil: ஏப்ரல் (ta)
• Tatar: äpril (tt) (äpril)
• Telugu: ఏప్రిల్ (te) (april)
• Thai: เมษายน (th) (meh sáá yohn)
• Tok Pisin: epril (tpi)
• Tongan: 'epeleli (to)
• Turkish: nisan (tr)
• Ukrainian: квітень (uk) (kvíten’) m
• Upper Sorbian: apryl (hsb)
• Urdu: اپریل (ur) (aprél) m
• Uyghur: ئاپريل (ug) (april)
• Vietnamese: tháng tư (vi) (月四, 月4)
• Volapük: prilul (vo)
• Võro: mahlakuu
• Walloon: avri (wa)
• Welsh: Ebrill (cy) m
• West Frisian: april (fy), gersmoanne (fy)
• Wolof: Awril (wo)
• Yiddish: אַפּריל (yi) (april) m
• Yup'ik: Tengmiirvik
• Zulu: i-ephuleli (zu)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Anagrams

• Pilar

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Afrikaans

Noun

April (plural Aprilmaande)

1. April

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Ewe

Proper noun

April

1. April

Related terms

• Afɔfiɛ

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German

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a'pʁɪl/

Noun

April m (genitive Aprils, plural Aprile)

1. April

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Malay

Etymology

From English April, from Middle English apprile, from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin aprīlis.

Alternative forms

• اڤريل

Pronunciation

• IPA: [aprel]
• Rhymes: -el

Proper noun

April (Jawi spelling اڤريل)

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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Maltese

Proper noun

April m

1. April

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) xhur tas-sena fil-kalendarju Gregorjan; Jannar, Frar, Marzu, April, Mejju, Ġunju, Lulju, Awwissu, Settembru, Ottubru, Novembru, Diċembru ^{(Category: mt:Months)}