month
- A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
- A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
- (in-plural, obsolete) A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mʌnθ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon.
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