MONTH


Meaning of MONTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmən(t)th ]

noun

( plural months ˈmən(t)s, ˈmən(t)ths)

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, Old English mōna 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.