month
/mʌnθ/
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Translation
One of the twelve parts that a year is divided into.
Word origin
From Old English monath, linked to the word for moon, because months were once counted by the moon.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- monath
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmonths
Examples
holiday next month.
"Month" means one of the twelve parts of the year.
baby is three months old.
"Months" is the plural, meaning more than one month.
pay rent start each month.
Here "month" names the period the payment covers.
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