december

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Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

december c

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

See also[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch december, from Latin december.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmbər/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): [deɪˈsɛmbər]
  • Audio (NL)(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
  • Rhymes: -ɛmbər

Noun[edit]

december m (plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)

  1. December

Descendants[edit]

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

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Hungarian[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun[edit]

december (plural decemberek)

  1. December

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

(Gregorian calendar months) január, február, március, április, május, június, július, augusztus, szeptember, október, november, december (Category: hu:Months)

Further reading[edit]

  • december in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • december in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By syncope from earlier *decumo-mēmbris, analogically to septem : september, from earlier *decumo-mēnsris "of the tenth month", from the ordinal stem decem (“ten”) + *mēnsris, from mens- (“month”) + -ris; + -ber from -bris, an adjectival suffix. In the Roman calendar, the year began with mārtius (“March”), and december was the tenth month of the year.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. of December
    • 59 B.C.E. - 17 C.E. — Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXII
      postremo decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est.
      finally in the middle of the month of December there was a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn.
  2. (masculine substantive) 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

Usage notes[edit]

In Latin, month names are also used as adjectives, modifying substantives such as mensis.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative december decembris decembre decembrēs decembria
Genitive decembris decembrium
Dative decembrī decembribus
Accusative decembrem decembre decembrēs decembria
Ablative decembrī decembribus
Vocative december decembris decembre decembrēs decembria

Descendants[edit]

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[edit]

Limburgish[edit]

Limburgish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia li

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin december.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

december m

  1. December (month)

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin december.

Proper noun[edit]

december m

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

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

december m inan (genitive singular decembra, nominative plural decembre, genitive plural decembrov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. December

Declension[edit]

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

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • december in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɛt͡sɛ̀ːmbər/

Noun[edit]

decémbər m inan

  1. December

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

december c

  1. December

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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