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Meaning of December | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

dɪˈsɛmbə

Definitions

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
rare
A surname.

Equivalents

Afrikaans Desember

አማርኛ ዲሴምበር

العربية ديسمبر ديسمبر/كانون الأول كَانُون الْأَوَّل

Azərbaycanca dekabr

Беларуская сне́жань

Български декември

বাংলা ডিসেম্বর

Català desembre

Čeština prosinec

Cymraeg Rhagfyr

Dansk december

Deutsch Dezember Julmond

Ελληνικά Δεκέμβρης Δεκέμβριος

Esperanto decembro

Español diciembre

Eesti detsember

Euskara abendu

فارسی دسامبر دسمبر

Suomi joulukuu

Vosa Vakaviti Tiseba

Français décembre

Gaeilge Mí na Nollag

Galego decembro nadal

Hausa Disamba

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Kēkēmapa

עברית דצמבר

हिन्दी दिसम्बर

Հայերեն դեկտեմբեր

Bahasa Indonesia Desember

Íslenska desember desembermánuður

Italiano dicembre

日本語十二月師走

ქართული დეკემბერი

Қазақша желтоқсан

ខ្មែរ ធ្នូ

한국어 십이월

Latina December

Lëtzebuergesch Chrëschtmount Dezember

Lietuvių gruodis

Latviešu decembris

Македонски декември

മലയാളം ഡിസംബർ

मराठी डिसेंबर

Bahasa Melayu Disember

Malti Diċembru

မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆယ့်နှစ်လ ဒီဇင်ဘာ

Nederlands december

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਸੰਬਰ

Polski grudzień

Português dezembro

Română decembrie

Русский декабрь

සිංහල දෙසැම්බර්

Gagana Sāmoa Tesema

Shqip dhjetor dimëror shënëndre

Svenska december

Kiswahili Desemba

தமிழ் டிசம்பர்

Тоҷикӣ декабр

ไทย ธันวาคม

Türkmençe dekabr

Tagalog Disyembre

Türkçe aralık kânunuevvel

ئۇيغۇرچە دېكابر

Українська грудень

اردو دسمبر

Oʻzbekcha dekabr

Tiếng Việt tháng mười hai

Examples

“Holonyms: calendar year; year”

“Old Oakes doe not eaſily fall: / Decembers cold hand combes my head and beard, / But May ſvvimmes in my blood; and he that vvalkes / VVithout his vvooden third legge, is never old.”

“Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.”

“It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012.”

“But others were less than thrilled with this new gizmo, particularly its addictive qualities. There were reports of breakups threatened and consummated over it. “Our marriage or your Sony,” one woman told her husband, who duly sold the Walkman to a bachelor friend. A young woman named December Cole, a sales executive at a beauty magazine, recalled a trip to Atlantic City with "a basically rude" man who wouldn't stop "bopping around to his own music."”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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