Aprilis

See also: április and aprīlis

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps based on Etruscan [script needed] (Apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpriː.lis/, [äˈpriːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpri.lis/, [äˈpriːlis]

Adjective

1. Of April.

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are denoted by adjectives modifing the substantive mensis (month), or by substantivated adjectives which are substantives.

Proper noun

1. April

Descendants

• Albanian: prill
• Arabic: أبريل (ʾabrīl)
• Aragonese: abril
• Aromanian: aprir
• Asturian: abril
• Basque: apiril
• Catalan: abril
• Corsican: aprile
• Dalmatian: aprail
• Dutch: April
• English: April
• Esperanto: aprilo
• French: avril
• Friulian: Avrîl
• Galician: abril
• German: April, Aprilis
• Greek: Απρίλιος (Aprílios), Απρίλης (Aprílis)
• Irish: Aibreán
• Italian: aprile

• Kabuverdianu: abril
• Ladin: oril
• Ladino: avril
• Marshallese: Eprōļ
• Mirandese: abril
• Neapolitan: abbrile
• Norman: Avri
• Occitan: abril
• Portuguese: abril
• Romanian: aprilie, prier
• Romansch: avregl, avrigl
• Russian: апрель (aprelʹ)
• Sardinian: abriri, albile, aprile, arbile
• Sicilian: aprili
• Spanish: abril, april
• Venetian: avril
• Walloon: avri
• Welsh: Ebrill

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Aprilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Aprilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Aprilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.