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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dekm, ten; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.
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December (plural Decembers)
- The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year. Abbreviation: Dec or Dec.
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twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar
- Abaza: декабрь
- Abkhaz: ҧхынҷкәын (ab) (ṗĥənč̤kwən)
- Afrikaans: Desember (af)
- Alabama: hasiholtina istapókkòolawah tóklo, hasiholtina istanóoka
- Albanian: dhjetor (sq)
- Alsatian: Dezember m
- Alutiiq: Qanim Iralua
- Amharic: ዲሴምበር (am) (disembär)
- Apache:
- Western Apache: Zas Nłtʼees
- Arabic: دِيسمْبِر (ar) (disímbir, disámbir) m, کانونُ الأوّلُ (ar) (kanūnu l-’áwwal) m
- Aragonese: abiento (an) m
- Armenian: դեկտեմբեր (hy) (dektember)
- Old Armenian: դեկտեմբեր (dektember)
- Aromanian: andreu (rup), dechemvriu (rup)
- Asturian: avientu (ast) m
- Azeri: dekabr (az)
- Basque: abendu (eu)
- Belarusian: сьнежань (be) (s’nežan’)
- Bengali: ডিসেম্বর (bn)
- Bislama: desemba (bi)
- Breton: Kerzu (br), miz Kerzu (br)
- Bulgarian: декември (bg) (dekémvri) m
- Burmese: ဒီဇင်ဘာ (my) (dizinba)
- Catalan: desembre (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎥᏍᎩᏱ (chr) (Vsgiyi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 十二月 (cmn) (shí’èryuè)
- Chuvash: раштав (raštav)
- Czech: prosinec (cs) m
- Dakota: Wiiakenoŋpa
- Danish: december (da)
- Dutch: december (nl) m
- Esperanto: decembro (eo), Decembro (eo)
- Estonian: detsember (et)
- Ewe: Dzome, Dezember
- Faroese: desember (fo) m, desembur (fo) m
- Fijian: Tiseba (fj)
- Finnish: joulukuu (fi)
- French: décembre (fr) m
- Friulian: disembar m
- Galician: decembro (gl) m
- Georgian: დეკემბერი (ka) (dekemberi)
- German: Dezember (de) m, Julmond (de) m
- Gilbertese: Ritembwa
- Greek: Δεκέμβριος (el) (Dekémvrios) m, Δεκέμβρης (el) (Dekémvris) m
- Greenlandic: Decembari (kl)
- Haitian Creole: desanm
- Hawaiian: Kēkēmapa
- Hebrew: דֶּצֶמְבֶּר (he) (detzémber)
- Hindi: दिसम्बर (hi) (disambar)
- Hungarian: december (hu)
- Icelandic: desember (is) m, desembermánuður (is) m
- Ido: decembro (io)
- Indonesian: Desember (id)
- Interlingua: decembre (ia)
- Interlingue: decembre (ie)
- Irish: Nollaig (ga)
- Italian: dicembre (it) m
- Japanese: 十二月 (ja) (じゅうにがつ, jūnigatsú), 師走 (ja) (しわす, shiwasu)
- Kabuverdianu:
- Badiu: Dezembru m
- São Vicente: D'zembr' m
- Kazakh: желтоқсан (kk) (jeltoqsan)
- Khmer: ធ្នូ (km) (tnū)
- Kongo: desembele
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See also [edit]
- Undecimber
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin december (“of the tenth month”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈdɪzɛmˈbər], [ˈdɛzɛmˈbər]
Proper noun [edit]
December
- December
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