month

Definitions

1. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
2. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.
3. An indefinitely long period of time: It will take you a month of Sundays to chop all that wood.
4. A woman's period; menstrual discharge.
   in-plural, obsolete
5. a month of Sundays, an indeterminately great length of time.
6. one of the twelve divisions of the year (January, February etc), varying in length between 28 and 31 days. maand شَهْر месец mês měsíc der Monat måned μήναςmes kuu ماه kuukausi moisחודש महीना mjesec hónap bulan mánuður mese 月 달, 월 mėnuo mēnesis bulan maandmånedmiesiąc مياشت mês lună месяц mesiac mesec mesec månad เดือน ay 月 місяць مہینہ tháng 月
   etc
7. happening, being published etc once a month. a monthly magazine. maandeliks شَهْرِيّاً месечен mensal měsíční monatlich månedlig; måneds- μηνιαίοςmensual kuu- ماهیانه kuukausittainen mensuelירחון माहवार, प्रतिमाह mjesečni havi bulanan mánaðarlegur mensile 毎月の 한 달의, 월 1회의 mėnesinis ikmēneša- bulanan maandelijksmånedlig, måneds-miesięczny هره مياشت mensal lunar ежемесячный mesačný mesečen mesečni månatlig, månads- เป็นรายเดือน aylık 每月一次的 щомісячний ماہوار hàng tháng 每月的
   etc
8. once a month. The magazine is published monthly. maandeliks شَهْرِيّا، مَرَّةً في الشَّهْر ежемесечно mensalmente měsíčně monatlich månedligt κάθε μήνα mensualmente kord kuus یکبار در ماه kuukausittainen mensuellementחודשי प्रतिमाह, माहवार jednom mjesečno havonként sebulan sekali mánaðarlega mensilmente, ogni mese 月１回 한 달에 한 번 kartą per mėnesį ik mēnesi sebulan sekali maandelijksén gang i måneden, månedlig miesięcznie يو ځلى په مياشت كښى mensalmente lunar ежемесячно mesačne mesečno jednom mes...
9. an extremely long time. 'n lang tyd وَقْتٌ طويلٌ جِدّاً много дълго време muito tempo uherský měsíc gewaltig så langt som et ondt år χρόνια και ζαμάνια mucho tiempo terve igavik مدت خیلی زیاد hyvin pitkä aika une éternité זְמָן רַב बेहद लंबा काल čitava vječnost egy örökkévalóság lama sekali heil eilífð un'eternità 長い間 아주 오랫동안 šimtą metų ilgs laiks; vesela mūžība terlalu lama een eeuwigheid så langt som et vondt år cała wieczność ډيره موده زيات muito tempo o veşnicie целая вечность uhorský rok...
10. A unit of time corresponding approximately to one cycle of the moon's phases, or about 30 days or 4 weeks.
11. One of the 12 divisions of a year as determined by a calendar, especially the Gregorian calendar. Also called calendar month.
    calendar month
12. A period extending from a date in one calendar month to the corresponding date in the following month.
13. A sidereal month.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansmaand

አማርኛወር

العربيةالشهرشهر

Azərbaycan diliay

Беларускаямесяц

Българскимесец

বাংলামাসমাহ

བོད་སྐད།ཟླ

Bosanskilunamaramamešemesecmimišmjesecмесецмјесец+ 6 more

Catalàmes

Češtinaměsíc

Cymraegmis

Danskmåned

Ελληνικάμήνας

Esperantomonato

Eestikuu

Euskarahilhilabete

Suomikuukuukausi

Gaeilgemí

Gàidhligmìos

Galegomes

ગુજરાતીમહિનો

Hausawata

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻimahina

עבריתחדשחודש

हिन्दीइंदुमहीनामांसमाह+ 1 more

Hrvatskilunamaramamešemesecmimišmjesecмесецмјесец+ 6 more

Magyarhónap

Հայերենամիս

Bahasa Indonesiabulanpurnamasasisekipwulan+ 2 more

Íslenskamánuður

Italianomese

日本語月月間

ქართულითვე

Қазақ тіліай

ភាសាខ្មែរខែ

ಕನ್ನಡತಿಂಗಳುಮಾಂಸ

한국어달월월간

KurdîayhilmeşmimîMîşoyşaşîwatawulan+ 7 more

Кыргызчаай

Latinamensis

LëtzebuergeschMount

ລາວເດືອນ

Lietuviųmėnuo

Latviešumēnesis

Te Reo Māorimarama

Македонскимесец

മലയാളംമാസം

Монголсарᠰᠠᠷᠠ

मराठीमहिना

Bahasa Melayubulanpurnama

Maltixahar

မြန်မာလ

नेपालीमहिना

Nederlandsmaand

ଓଡ଼ିଆମାସ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀمَاسمَاہਮਹੀਨਾਮਾਸਮਾਂਹ+ 2 more

Polskiksiężycmiesiąc

پښتومياشت

Portuguêsmês

Românăluna

Русскиймесяц

Ikinyarwandaukwezi

سنڌيمهنو

සිංහලමාසය

Slovenčinamesiac

Slovenščinamésec

Shqipmuaj

Српскиlunamaramamešemesecmimišmjesecмесецмјесец+ 6 more

Sesothokgwedi

Svenskamånad

Kiswahilimwezi

தமிழ்திங்கள்மாசம்மாதம்

తెలుగునెలమాసము

Тоҷикӣмоҳ

ไทยมาสเดือน

ትግርኛወርሒ

Türkmençeaý

Tagalogbuwan

Türkçeay

ئۇيغۇرچەئاي

Українськамісяць

اردوماہمہینامہینہ

O'zbekchaoy

Tiếng Việtthằng

isiZuluinyanga

Examples

“July is my favourite month.”

“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point⟳ every month.”

“Holonyms: bimester < trimester < quadrimester < semester < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond”

“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight”

“We went on holiday for two months.”

“Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place⟳, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make⟳ the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.”

“With the north London derby to come⟳ at the weekend, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp opted to rest⟳ many of his key players, although he brought back Aaron Lennon after a month out through injury.”

“The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide⟳ in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.”

“Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months.”

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