Meaning of October | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.
2. A type of ale traditionally brewed in October.
   historical, uncountable
3. A female given name transferred from the month name.
   rare
4. the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbr.: Oct.
5. the tenth month of the year, the month following September. Oktober شَهْر أوكتوبر: تِشرين أوَّل октомври outubro říjen der Oktober oktober Οκτώβριος octubre oktoober اکتبر lokakuu octobre אוֹקטוֹבֶּר अक्तूबर listopad október Oktober október ottobre 10月 10월 spalis oktobris Oktober oktoberoktoberpaździernik اكتبر Outubro octom­brie октябрь október oktober oktobar oktober เดือนตุลาคม Ekim (ayı) 十月 жовтень اکتوبر، دسواں مہينہ tháng mười 十月
6. The tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
7. Chiefly British Ale brewed in October.
   Chiefly British
8. the tenth month of the year, consisting of 31 days
9. n → Oktober m; the October Revolution → die Oktoberrevolution ? also September
   n

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Examples

“Holonyms: calendar year; year”

“By October it was advancing steadily toward Pangwa, encountering meager resistance.”

“The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ...”

“From somewhere in the distance came the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle's siren. Lance flipped open his phone. “Get me the address of a woman named October Guinness . . . That's right, October,” he said again, [...]”

“Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv?”

“[T]he gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable appearance […] induced them to alight and view the apartments, contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October at the door.”

“Sir George, borne along in his chair, peered up at this well-known window--well-known, since in the Oxford of 1767 a man's rooms were furnished if he had tables and chairs, store of beef and October, an apple-pie and Common Room port—and seeing the casement brilliantly lighted, smiled a trifle contemptuously.”

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