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Meaning of month | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
mʌnθ

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

Afrikaans maand
አማርኛ ወር
العربية الشهر شهر
Azərbaycanca ay
Беларуская месяц
Български месец
বাংলা মাস মাহ
བོད་སྐད ཟླ
Bosanski luna marama meše mesec miš месец
Català mes
Čeština měsíc
Cymraeg mis
Dansk måned
Deutsch Monat
Ελληνικά μήνας
Esperanto monato
Español mes
Eesti kuu
Euskara hil hilabete
Suomi kuu kuukausi
Français mois
Gaeilge
Gàidhlig mìos
Galego mes
ગુજરાતી મહિનો
Hausa wata
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mahina
עברית חדש
Hrvatski luna marama meše mesec miš месец
Magyar hónap
Հայերեն ամիս
Bahasa Indonesia bulan
Íslenska mánuður
Italiano mese
日本語 月間
ქართული თვე
Қазақша ай
ខ្មែរ ខែ
한국어 월간
Kurdî ay hil hil meş mi Mîş oy wata
Кыргызча ай
Latina mensis
Lëtzebuergesch Mount
ລາວ ເດືອນ
Lietuvių mėnuo
Latviešu mēnesis
Te Reo Māori marama
Македонски месец
മലയാളം മാസം
Монгол сар ᠰᠠᠷᠠ
मराठी महिना
Bahasa Melayu bulan purnama
Malti xahar
မြန်မာဘာသာ
नेपाली महिना
Nederlands maand
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମାସ
Polski miesiąc
پښتو مياشت
Português mês
Română luna
Русский месяц
سنڌي مهنو
සිංහල මාසය
Slovenčina mesiac
Slovenščina mésec
Shqip muaj
Српски luna marama meše mesec miš месец
Sesotho kgwedi
Svenska månad
Kiswahili mwezi
తెలుగు నెల మాసము
Тоҷикӣ моҳ
ትግርኛ ወርሒ
Türkmençe
Tagalog buwan
Türkçe Ay
ئۇيغۇرچە ئاي
Українська місяць
Oʻzbekcha oy
Tiếng Việt thằng
IsiZulu inyanga

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.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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