January Definition

jănyo͝o-ĕrē
januaries
noun
The first month of the year, having 31 days.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • jan
  • inventory time
  • post-holiday season
  • first month of the year
  • time of sales
  • the new year
  • new-year-s
pronoun

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.

01/01/09 : Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
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Other Word Forms of January

Noun

Singular:
January
Plural:
januaries, januarys

Origin of January

  • Re-Latinized from Middle English Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English Januarie, Jenever from Old North French Jenever from Latin Iānuārius (mēnsis) (month) of Janus from Iānus Janus ei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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