December
[dɛˈkɛm.bɛr] · adj
Meaning
- of December
- December
- alternative letter-case form of December: of December
- alternative letter-case form of December: December
Etymology / origin
By haplology 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. In the Roman calendar, the year began with Mārtius (“March”), and December was the tenth month of the year.
Related words
Desember(Afrikaans)dhjetor(Albanian)ዲሴምበር(Amharic)Δεκέμβριος(Ancient Greek)ديسمبر(Arabic)decembre(Aragonese)deciembre(Aragonese)dechemvriu(Aromanian)diciembre(Asturian)dekabr(Azerbaijani)декември(Bulgarian)desembre(Catalan)disèmber(Cimbrian)ditzembre(Cimbrian)sègante maanont(Cimbrian)dicembre(Corsican)dekabr(Crimean Tatar)december(Danish)december(Dutch)dzémbor(Emilian)dṡàmmber(Emilian)December(English)decembro(Esperanto)décembre(French)Dicembar(Friulian)decembro(Galician)დეკემბერი(Georgian)Δεκέμβρης(Greek)דצמבר(Hebrew)desember(Icelandic)Desember(Indonesian)dicembre(Italian)dezember(Ladin)decembris(Latvian)Détsämmber(Limburgish)december(Limburgish)декември(Macedonian)Disember(Malay)décembre(Norman)Detsember(North Frisian)deetsember(North Frisian)detsämber(North Frisian)desember(Norwegian Bokmål)desember(Norwegian Nynorsk)decembre(Occitan)deseme(Occitan)դեկտեմբեր(Old Armenian)decembre(Old French)dezembro(Old Galician-Portuguese)децембер(Pannonian Rusyn)dezembro(Portuguese)dizèmbar(Romagnol)december(Romansh)dezember(Romansh)декабрь(Russian)Dezember(Scots)decembar(Serbo-Croatian)децембар(Serbo-Croatian)dicembri(Sicilian)dicèmmiru(Sicilian)december(Slovak)december(Slovene)diciembre(Spanish)december(Swedish)Disimbi(Tagalog)Disyembre(Tagalog)dezembru(Tetum)دسمبر(Urdu)dekabr(Uzbek)disenbre(Venetan)decimbe(Walloon)desimber(West Frisian)
Descendant words
- Desember(Afrikaans) (der)
- dhjetor(Albanian) (calque)
- ዲሴምበር(Amharic) (der)
- Δεκέμβριος(Ancient Greek) (bor)
- ديسمبر(Arabic) (bor)
- decembre(Aragonese) (inh)
- deciembre(Aragonese) (inh)
- dechemvriu(Aromanian) (der)
- diciembre(Asturian) (inh)
- dekabr(Azerbaijani) (der)
- декември(Bulgarian) (der)
- desembre(Catalan) (inh)
- disèmber(Cimbrian) (der)
- ditzembre(Cimbrian) (der)
- sègante maanont(Cimbrian) (der)
- dicembre(Corsican) (inh)
- dekabr(Crimean Tatar) (der)
- december(Danish) (der)
- december(Dutch) (der)
- dzémbor(Emilian) (inh)
- dzémbor(Emilian) (inh)
- dṡàmmber(Emilian) (inh)
- December(English) (der)
- decembro(Esperanto) (der)
- décembre(French) (der)
- Dicembar(Friulian) (inh)
- decembro(Galician) (der)
- დეკემბერი(Georgian) (der)
- Δεκέμβρης(Greek) (der)
- דצמבר(Hebrew) (der)
- desember(Icelandic) (der)
- Desember(Indonesian) (der)
- dicembre(Italian) (inh)
- dezember(Ladin) (inh)
- decembris(Latvian) (uder)
- Détsämmber(Limburgish) (der)
- december(Limburgish) (bor)
- декември(Macedonian) (der)
- Disember(Malay) (der)
- décembre(Norman) (der)
- Detsember(North Frisian) (der)
- deetsember(North Frisian) (der)
- detsämber(North Frisian) (der)
- desember(Norwegian Bokmål) (der)
- desember(Norwegian Nynorsk) (der)
- decembre(Occitan) (der)
- deseme(Occitan) (inh)
- դեկտեմբեր(Old Armenian) (uder)
- decembre(Old French) (bor)
- dezembro(Old Galician-Portuguese) (der)
- децембер(Pannonian Rusyn) (der)
- dezembro(Portuguese) (der)
- dizèmbar(Romagnol) (inh)
- december(Romansh) (inh)
- dezember(Romansh) (inh)
- декабрь(Russian) (der)
- Dezember(Scots) (der)
- decembar(Serbo-Croatian) (bor)
- децембар(Serbo-Croatian) (der)
- dicembri(Sicilian) (inh)
- dicèmmiru(Sicilian) (der)
- december(Slovak) (der)
- december(Slovene) (der)
- diciembre(Spanish) (inh)
- december(Swedish) (der)
- Disimbi(Tagalog) (der)
- Disyembre(Tagalog) (der)
- dezembru(Tetum) (der)
- دسمبر(Urdu) (der)
- dekabr(Uzbek) (der)
- disenbre(Venetan) (inh)
- decimbe(Walloon) (bor)
- desimber(West Frisian) (bor)
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