June definition
The sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
noun
The sixth month of the year, having 30 days.
noun
(name, person, proper) A feminine name.
noun
A female given name for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
pronoun
June is the sixth month of the year after May and before July.
The sixth month of the year that starts after Memorial Day and that goes for thirty days is an example of June.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
june
Plural:
junesOrigin of june
- Middle English from Old English Junius and from Old French juin both from Latin (mēnsis) Iūnius (month) of June from Iūnō Juno Juno
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English jun, june, re-Latinized from Middle English juyng, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yuwn̥kós, from *yew- (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
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