January
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ or as US
- (US) enPR: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌɛɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌæɹi/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjʉˌeːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænɹi/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/[1]
Audio (US) (file) - (US) Hyphenation: Jan‧u‧ary[2]
- (UK) Hyphenation: Janu‧ary
Proper noun[edit]
January (plural Januaries or Januarys)
- The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
- (rare) A female given name from English.
- 2011, Michael Schofield, January First:
- “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from January
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of January in other languages
- Bislama: januware
- Jamaican Creole: janiweri
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: jaenyuweri
- Tok Pisin: janueri
- → Bengali: জানুয়ারি (januẏari)
- → Burmese: ဇန်နဝါရီ (janna.wari)
- → Chichewa: Januwale
- → Dari: جنوری (janoari)
- → Urdu: جنوری (janvarī)
- → Dhivehi: ޖެނުއަރީ (jenuarī)
- → Fiji Hindi: january
- → Fijian: Janueri
- → Gilbertese: Tianuari
- → Gujarati: જાન્યુઆરી (jānyuārī)
- → Hausa: Janairu
- → Hawaiian: Ianuali
- → Hindi: जनवरी (janavrī)
- → Igbo: january
- → Inuktitut: ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ (yannoali)
- → Javanese: januar, januari
- → Kannada: ಜನವರಿ (janavari)
- → Kongo: yanwadi
- → Lingala: yanwáli
- → Malagasy: janoary
- → Malay: Januari
- → Malayalam: ജനുവരി (januvari)
- → Marathi: जानेवारी (jānevārī)
- → Maori: Hānuere
- → Marshallese: Jānwōde
- → Oriya: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (januari)
- → Pashto: جنوري
- → Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ (janvarī)
- → Samoan: ianuari
- → Sinhalese: ජනවාරි (janawāri)
- → Swahili: Januari
- → Tagalog: January
- → Tahitian: tēnuare
- → Tamil: ஜனவரி (jaṉavari)
- → Telugu: జనవరి (janavari)
- → Tokelauan: Ianuali
- → Tongan: Sānuali
- → Tumbuka: Janyuwale
- → Yoruba: Jánúárì
Translations[edit]
first month of the Gregorian calendar
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See also[edit]
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
References[edit]
- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (March 2, 1942), “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, , →ISBN, § II.4, page 68.
- ^ Hyphenation exception log, Barbara Beeton, 2015, online at [1]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English January.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
January (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜇᜒ)
- a female given name from English
- a male given name from English
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