monthly

English

Etymology

month +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adjective

monthly (comparative more monthly, superlative most monthly)

1. Occurring every month.

Translations

Occurring every month

Catalan: mensual (ca) Czech: měsíční (cs) German: monatlich (de) Malay: bulanan (ms)

Russian: ежемесячный (ru) (ježemésjačnyj) Spanish: mensual (es) Swedish: månatlig (sv)

Adverb

monthly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every month.

Translations

Occurring every month

Arabic: شهريًا (šahrīyan) Catalan: mensualment (ca) Chinese: 按月 (àn yuè), 每月的 (měi yuè de) Dutch: maandelijks (nl) Esperanto: ĉiumonate Finnish: kuukausittain (fi) French: mensuel (fr), mensuellement (fr) Galician: mensual, mensualmente German: monatlich (de) Hungarian: havi, havonkénti Indonesian: bulanan (id) Interlingua: mensual, mensualmente Italian: mensilmente (it)

Japanese: 毎月 (まいげつ, maigetsu), 月次 (げつじ, getsuji), 毎月の (まいつきの, maitsuki no) Korean: 매달의 (maedalui) Kurdish: مانگانه‌ Norwegian: månedlig (no) Polish: miesięcznie, co miesiąc Portuguese: mensal (pt), mensalmente (pt) Romanian: lunar (ro), mensual (ro) Russian: месячно (mésjačno), ежемесячно (ježemésjačno), ежемесячный (ježemésjačnyj) Spanish: mensualmente (es) Swedish: månadsvis (sv), månatlig (sv) Turkish: aylık (tr) Volapük: muliko

Noun

monthly (plural monthlies)

1. A magazine that is published once a month
   • 2009 January 5, Stephanie Clifford, “Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads”:

     Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.

2. (euphemistic) the menstrual period

Translations

a magazine that is published once a month

Czech: měsíčník (cs) m. Korean: 월간지 (ko) (Wolganji)

Russian: ежеме́сячник (ru) (ježemésjačnik) m.

(euphemism) the menstrual period

Czech: měsíčky (cs) f. pl. Finnish: kuukautiset (fi) pl.

Russian: месячные (mésjačnyje) pl.

Synonyms

• every month, each month, mensually

Descendants

• Japanese: マンスリー

See also

• weekly
• daily
• yearly