october

See also: October

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

october m (plural octobers, diminutive octobertje n)

1. superseded spelling of oktober

Usage notes

• The spelling october was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

Latin

Alternative forms

• ottōber

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. alternative letter-case form of Octōber: of October

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine		masculine	feminine
nominative	octōber	octōbris		octōbrēs	octōbrēs
genitive	octōbris	octōbris		octōbrium	octōbrium
dative	octōbrī	octōbrī		octōbribus	octōbribus
accusative	octōbrem	octōbrem		octōbrīs octōbrēs	octōbrīs octōbrēs
ablative	octōbrī	octōbrī		octōbribus	octōbribus
vocative	octōber	octōbris		octōbrēs	octōbrēs

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

Noun

octōber m (genitive octōbris); third declension

1. alternative letter-case form of Octōber: 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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	octōber	octōbrēs
genitive	octōbris	octōbrum
dative	octōbrī	octōbribus
accusative	octōbrem	octōbrēs
ablative	octōbre	octōbribus
vocative	octōber	octōbrēs

Middle High German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Octōber, from octō, from Proto-Italic *oktō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Noun

octōber m

1. October

Declension

Declension of octōber (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	octōber	die	octōber, octōbere
genitive	eines	dës	octōbers, octōberes	dër	octōber, octōbere
dative	eime	dëm	octōber, octōbere	dën	octōbern, octōberen
accusative	einen	dën	octōber	die	octōber, octōbere

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Oktoober
• Bavarian: Oktoba
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Oktover
  • Kölsch: Oktoober
  • Luxembourgish: Oktober
• Cimbrian: oktòbar
• German: Oktober, October
  • → Estonian: oktoober
• Pennsylvania German: Oktower
• Yiddish: אָקטאָבער (oktober)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

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

References

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

• otgover

Etymology

From Latin october (“of October”).

Proper noun

october m

1. October