- a feminine name
- the sixth month of the year, having 30 days: abbrev. Jun, Ju,Je, or J
Origin of June
Old French from Classical Latin Junius from mensis Junius, the month of Juno
A calendar showing the month of June.
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.
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June
noun
The sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. calendar
Origin of June
Middle English from Old English Junius and from Old French juin both from Latin (mēnsis) Iūnius (month) of June from Iūnō Juno ; see Juno .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
(plural Junes)
Origin
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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Sentence Examples
- The warm month of June melted into the scalding month of July.
- On June 9, Monica Cutler, asleep in the arms of her beloved Harry Turnball, failed to wake from her snug and happy dreams.
- But never, never, never in his entire life had David Dean felt less like crawling out of his sleeping bag and mounting his bicycle than on the misty Colorado morning of June fifteenth.
- The cold wet days of May had thawed into the warmth of June, yet their marriage remained cold and lifeless.
- She didn't intend to say anything to anyone, but Katie was on her like a hen on a June bug the minute she came through the door.
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