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Middle English < Old English mōnað < Proto-Germanic *mēnōþ- < Proto-Indo-European *me(n)ses- (moon, month), probably from PIE base *mê- (to measure), referring to the moon’s phases as the measure of time. Cognate with moon.
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- Cognates include: Ancient Greek: μήν (mḗn), Armenian: ամիս (amis), German: Monat, Old High German: mānōd, Middle High German: mānōt, Old Irish: mí, and Old Slavic: ⰿⱖⱄⱔⱌⱐ (měsęncĭ).
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month (plural months)
- A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. In the Gregorian calendar there are twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
- A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
- (obsolete, in plural) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 234:
- Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months.
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period into which a year is divided
- Afrikaans: maand af(af)
- Albanian: muaj sq(sq) m.
- American Sign Language: 1@TipFinger-PalmBack-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp 1@BaseThumb-PalmBack-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp
- Amuzgo: chi'
- Arabic: شَهْرٌ (šáhr) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܝܪܚܐ (yarħā’) m.
- Armenian: ամիս hy(hy) (amis)
- Old Armenian: ամիս (amis)
- Azeri: ay az(az)
- Bosnian: mjesec bs(bs) m.
- Breton: miz m., mizioù pl.; mizvezh m., mizvezhioù pl.
- Bulgarian: месец bg(bg) (mésets) m., месеци bg(bg) (mésetsi) pl.
- Catalan: mes m. ^
- Chinese: 月 (yuè), 月份 (yuèfèn)
- Crimean Tatar: ay
- Croatian: mjesec hr(hr) m.
- Czech: měsíc cs(cs) m.
- Danish: måned da(da) c.
- Dutch: maand nl(nl) f.
- Estonian: kuu et(et)
- Ewe: dzinu, ɣleti
- Finnish: kuukausi (kuu when preceded by a modifier, e.g., ensi kuussa = next month) (^)
- French: mois fr(fr) m.
- Georgian: თვე ka(ka) (t’ve)
- German: Monat m. ^
- Greek: μήνας el(el) (mínas) m.
- Gujarati: મહિનો gu(gu) (mahino) m.
- Haitian Creole: mwa
- Hebrew: ירחא (yarħā’) m.
- Hebrew: חודש he(he) (hodesh) m.
- Hindi: महीना (mahīnā) m.
- Hungarian: hónap hu(hu)
- Icelandic: mánuður is(is)
- Ido: monato io(io)
- Inari Sami: mánuppaje
- Indonesian: bulan id(id)
- Irish: mí ga(ga)
- Italian: mese it(it) m.
- Japanese: 月 (つき, tsukí; がつ, gatsú)
- Kannada: ಮಾಸ (maasa), ತಿಂಗಳು (tingallu)
- Khmer: ខែ km(km)
- Korean: 달 (dal), 월 (weol)
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