Month Definition

mŭnth
months
noun
months
A unit of time corresponding approximately to one cycle of the moon's phases, or about 30 days or 4 weeks.
American Heritage
Any of the main parts (usually twelve) into which the calendar year is divided.
Webster's New World
The time from any date of one month to the corresponding date of the next.
Webster's New World
A period of four weeks or 30 days.
Webster's New World
The period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth with respect to some object.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
month of Sundays
  • An indefinitely long period of time:

    It will take you a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.

American Heritage
month after month
  • every month or for many successive months
Webster's New World
month by month
  • each month
Webster's New World
month in, month out
  • every month
Webster's New World
month of Sundays
  • a long time
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Month

Noun

Singular:
month
Plural:
months

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Month

Origin of Month

  • From Middle English month, moneth, from Old English mōnað (“month"), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“nōþs (“month"), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁nÌ¥s (“moon, month"), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mê- (“to measure"), referring to the moon's phases as the measure of time, equivalent to moon +"Ž -th. Cognate with Scots moneth (“month"); North Frisian muunt (“month"); Saterland Frisian Mound (“month"), Dutch maand (“month"); German Low German Maand, Monat (“month"); German Monat (“month"); Danish mÃ¥ned (“month"); Swedish mÃ¥nad (“month"); Icelandic mánuði (“month"); Latin mÄ“nsis (“month"); Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn); Armenian Õ¡Õ´Õ«Õ½ (amis); Old Irish ; Old Church Slavonic мѣсѧць (mÄ›sÄ™cÄ­). See also moon.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English moneth from Old English mōnath mē-2 in Indo-European roots

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

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