october

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See also: October

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

october m (plural octobers, diminutive octobertje n)

  1. Superseded spelling of oktober.

Usage notes

Latin

Etymology

From octo (“eight”) + -ber from -bris, an adjectival suffix.

By analogy with september, as if octō (“eight”) : septem. In the Roman calendar, the year began with mārtius (“March”), and octōber was the eighth month of the year.

Pronunciation

Adjective

octōber (feminine octōbris, neuter octōbre); third-declension three-termination adjective

  1. of October

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative octōber octōbris octōbre octōbrēs octōbria
Genitive octōbris octōbrium
Dative octōbrī octōbribus
Accusative octōbrem octōbre octōbrēs octōbria
Ablative octōbrī octōbribus
Vocative octōber octōbris octōbre octōbrēs octōbria

Noun

octōber m (genitive octōbris); third declension

  1. October
    • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 293.
      Die tercio octubris — on the third day of October

Descendants

Borrowings
Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

See also

References

  • “october”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin october (“of October”).

Proper noun

october m

  1. October
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