n.
Pronunciation: ' m ə n(t)th
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural months \ ' m ə n(t)s, ' m ə n(t)ths \
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English m ō nath; akin to Old High German m ā n ō d month, Old English m ō na moon
Date: before 12th century
1 : a measure of time corresponding nearly to the period of the moon's revolution and amounting to approximately 4 weeks or 30 days or 1/12 of a year
2 plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time <he has been gone for month s >
3 : one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy <she was in her eighth month >
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