december

See also: December

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsɛˀmbɐ/, [d̥e̝ˈseˀmb̥ɐ], [te̝ˈseˀmpɒ̽]

Noun

december c

1. December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

Gregorian calendar months: måneder i den gregorianske kalenderedit

• januar
• februar
• marts
• april
• maj
• juni
• juli
• august
• september
• oktober
• november
• december

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch december, from Latin December.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmbər/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): [deɪˈsɛmbər]

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛmbər

Noun

december m (plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)

1. December

   Synonym: (archaic) wintermaand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Desember
• Negerhollands: december
• → Caribbean Hindustani: desambar
• → Caribbean Javanese: désèmber
• → Indonesian: Desember
• → Papiamentu: desèmber
• → Trió: risenpë

See also

Gregorian calendar months: maanden van de gregoriaanse kalenderedit

• januari
• februari
• maart
• april
• mei
• juni
• juli
• augustus
• september
• oktober
• november
• december

Hungarian

Hungarian months

november	← december →	január
Abbreviation : dec.     Adjective : decemberi     Adverb : decemberenként
Hungarian Wikipedia article on december

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

december (plural decemberek)

1. December

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	december	decemberek
accusative	decembert	decembereket
dative	decembernek	decembereknek
instrumental	decemberrel	decemberekkel
causal-final	decemberért	decemberekért
translative	decemberré	decemberekké
terminative	decemberig	decemberekig
essive-formal	decemberként	decemberekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	decemberben	decemberekben
superessive	decemberen	decembereken
adessive	decembernél	decembereknél
illative	decemberbe	decemberekbe
sublative	decemberre	decemberekre
allative	decemberhez	decemberekhez
elative	decemberből	decemberekből
delative	decemberről	decemberekről
ablative	decembertől	decemberektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	decemberé	decembereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	decemberéi	decemberekéi

Possessive forms of december

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	decemberem	decembereim
2nd person sing.	decembered	decembereid
3rd person sing.	decembere	decemberei
1st person plural	decemberünk	decembereink
2nd person plural	decemberetek	decembereitek
3rd person plural	decemberük	decembereik

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words of time

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• január
• február
• március
• április
• május
• június
• július
• augusztus
• szeptember
• október
• november
• december

Further reading

• december in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• december in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dezember.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈt͡sɛm.bɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛmbɛr
• Syllabification: de‧cem‧ber

Noun

december m inan (related adjective decembrowi)

1. December

   Synonyms: gòdnik, grëdzéń

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months (Latin-origin): miesące kalãdôrza gregòriańscziegoedit

• januar
• februar
• marc
• aprël
• môj
• juny
• juli
• agùst
• zeptember
• òktober
• nowember
• december

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “december”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “grudzień”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkɛm.bɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛm.ber]

Adjective

december (feminine decembris); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. alternative letter-case form of December: of December

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
nominative	december	decembris		decembrēs	decembrēs
genitive	decembris	decembris		decembrium	decembrium
dative	decembrī	decembrī		decembribus	decembribus
accusative	decembrem	decembrem		decembrīs decembrēs	decembrīs decembrēs
ablative	decembrī	decembrī		decembribus	decembribus
vocative	december	decembris		decembrēs	decembrēs

• In New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as decembre.

Proper noun

december m (genitive decembris); third declension

1. alternative letter-case form of December: December
   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.

     Die tercio decembris — On the third day of December

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Détsämmber (Eupen)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin December.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsæm.bəʀ/
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -æmbəʀ

Noun

december m

1. December (month)

Middle High German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin December, from decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Noun

december m

1. December

Declension

Declension of december (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	december	die	december, decembere
genitive	eines	dës	decembers, decemberes	dër	december, decembere
dative	eime	dëm	december, decembere	dën	decembern, decemberen
accusative	einen	dën	december	die	december, decembere

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Dezämber
• Bavarian: Dezemba
• Cimbrian: disèmber
• German: Dezember
  • → Estonian: detsember
  • → Hunsrik: Dezember
  • → Kashubian: december
  • → Hebrew: דצמבר (detsémber)
  • → Luxembourgish: Dezember
• Pennsylvania German: Dezember, Disember
• Yiddish: דעצעמבער (detsember)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• jener
• febrer
• merze
• aberelle
• meie
• ?
• ?
• ougeste
• september
• october
• november
• december

References

• "december" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dezember (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin December.

Proper noun

december m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) December

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟet͡sember]

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

december m inan (relational adjective decembrový)

1. December

Declension

Declension of december
(pattern stroj)

	singular	plural
nominative	december	decembre
genitive	decembra	decembrov
dative	decembru	decembrom
accusative	december	decembre
locative	decembri	decembroch
instrumental	decembrom	decembrami

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months: mesiace gregoriánskeho kalendáraedit

• január
• február
• marec
• apríl
• máj
• jún
• júl
• august
• september
• október
• november
• december

Derived terms

• decembrový

Further reading

• “december”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛt͡sɛ̀ːmbər/

Noun

decémbər m inan

1. December

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	decêmber
gen. sing.	decêmbra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	decêmber	decêmbra	decêmbri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	decêmbra	decêmbrov	decêmbrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	decêmbru	decêmbroma	decêmbrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	decêmber	decêmbra	decêmbre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	decêmbru	decêmbrih	decêmbrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	decêmbrom	decêmbroma	decêmbri

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months: méseci gregorijánskega koledárjaedit

• jánuar
• fébruar
• márec
• apríl
• máj
• júnij
• júlij
• avgúst
• septêmber
• október
• novêmber
• decêmber

Further reading

• “december”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “december”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/

• Audio:

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Noun

december c

1. December

Synonyms

• Christmånad
• julmånad
• kristmånad

Derived terms

• decembermånad
• decembermånaden (definite form for december)

References

• december in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• december in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• december in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)