month
n. period of about 30 days or 4 weeks, 1/12 of a year, period of complete revolution of the moon around the earth (i.e. January, February, March, etc.) | ||||
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Month Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Month
(n.)
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
(n.)
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
| WordNet 2.0 |
month
Noun
1. one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
(synonym) calendar month
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) date
(part-meronym) week, calendar week
2. a time unit of 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(hyponym) lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month
(part-holonym) year
(part-meronym) new moon, new phase of the moon
Noun
1. one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
(synonym) calendar month
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) date
(part-meronym) week, calendar week
2. a time unit of 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(hyponym) lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month
(part-holonym) year
(part-meronym) new moon, new phase of the moon
| The Phrase Finder |
There's an R in the month
Meaning
The weather is cold.
Origin
The winter months between September to April have Rs; May to August don't. The phrase is often used in the advice 'Don't eat oysters unless there is an R in the month'. Richard Butts' Diet's Dry Dinner - 1599 has 'The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not the letter R in their name'.
Meaning
The weather is cold.
Origin
The winter months between September to April have Rs; May to August don't. The phrase is often used in the advice 'Don't eat oysters unless there is an R in the month'. Richard Butts' Diet's Dry Dinner - 1599 has 'The oyster is unseasonable and unwholesome in all months that have not the letter R in their name'.
| Australian Slang |
As long as a month of Sundays
a very long time (28 - 31 weeks)
a very long time (28 - 31 weeks)
Cannot be done in a month of Sundays
be going to take a long time
Month of Sundays
very long time
That time of the month
1. menstrual period; 2. time when pre-menstrual syndrome affects a woman
| hEnglish - advanced version |
month
month
\month\ (?), n. [oe. month, moneth, as. mōn&?;, mōna&?;; akin to mōna moon, and to d. maand month, g. monat, ohg. mānōd, icel. mānu&?;r, māna&?;r, goth. mēnō&?;s. ?272. see moon.] one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. in popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
note: in the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. in the united states the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. ooley's blackstone.
similar words(15)
calendar month
a month mind
fence month
islamic calendar month
anomalistic month
month of consecution
synodic month
lunar month
revolutionary calendar month
nodical month
solar month
tropic month
honey month
moon month
the mythical man-month
month
\month\ (?), n. [oe. month, moneth, as. mōn&?;, mōna&?;; akin to mōna moon, and to d. maand month, g. monat, ohg. mānōd, icel. mānu&?;r, māna&?;r, goth. mēnō&?;s. ?272. see moon.] one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. in popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
note: in the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. in the united states the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. ooley's blackstone.
similar words(15)
calendar month
a month mind
fence month
islamic calendar month
anomalistic month
month of consecution
synodic month
lunar month
revolutionary calendar month
nodical month
solar month
tropic month
honey month
moon month
the mythical man-month
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
month
m(h)í (pl. míonna) f.
m(h)í (pl. míonna) f.
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Awst
Awst = n. the month of August
Awst = n. the month of August
Calan
Calan = first day of every month
Mehefin
Mehefin = n. the month of June
Mis
Mis = n. catemania; a month. Mis yr afaeth, the honeymoon
Myhefin
Myhefin = n. month of June
Rhagfyr
Rhagfyr = n. December, the last month of the year
Month Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Month
Among the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basis of their calculations. From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law the month among the Jews was lunar. The cycle of religious feasts depended on the moon. The commencement of a month was determined by the observation of the new moon. The number of months in the year was usually twelve (1 Kings 4:7; 1 Chr. 27:1-15); but every third year an additional month (ve-Adar) was inserted, so as to make the months coincide with the seasons. "The Hebrews and Phoenicians had no word for month save 'moon,' and only saved their calendar from becoming vague like that of the Moslems by the interpolation of an additional month. There is no evidence at all that they ever used a true solar year such as the Egyptians possessed. The latter had twelve months of thirty days and five epagomenac or odd days.", Palestine Quarterly, January 1889.
Among the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basis of their calculations. From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law the month among the Jews was lunar. The cycle of religious feasts depended on the moon. The commencement of a month was determined by the observation of the new moon. The number of months in the year was usually twelve (1 Kings 4:7; 1 Chr. 27:1-15); but every third year an additional month (ve-Adar) was inserted, so as to make the months coincide with the seasons. "The Hebrews and Phoenicians had no word for month save 'moon,' and only saved their calendar from becoming vague like that of the Moslems by the interpolation of an additional month. There is no evidence at all that they ever used a true solar year such as the Egyptians possessed. The latter had twelve months of thirty days and five epagomenac or odd days.", Palestine Quarterly, January 1889.
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Month
From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law downward the religious feasts commencing with the passover depended not simply on the month, but on the moon; the 14th of Abib was coincident with the full moon; and the new moons themselves were the occasions of regular festivals. (Numbers 10:10; 28:11-14) The commencement of the month was generally decided by observation of the new moon. The usual number of months in a year was twelve, as implied in (1 Kings 4:7; 1 Chronicles 27:1-15) but since twelve lunar months would make but 354 1/2 days, the years would be short twelve days of the short twelve days of the true year, and therefore it follows as a matter of course that an additional month must have been inserted about every third year, which would bring the number up to thirteen. No notice, however, is taken of this month in the Bible. In the modern Jewish calendar the intercalary month is introduced seven times in every nineteen years. The usual method of designating the months was by their numerical order, e.g. "the second month," (Genesis 7:11) "the fourth month," (2 Kings 25:3) and this was generally retained even when the names were given, e.g. "in the month Zif, which is the second month." (1 Kings 6:1) The names of the months belong to two distinct periods. In the first place we have those peculiar to the period of Jewish independence, of which four only, even including Abib, which we hardly regard as a proper name are mentioned, viz.: Abib, in which the passover fell, (Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; 16:1) and which was established as the first month in commemoration of the exodus, (Exodus 12:2) Zif, the second month, (1 Kings 6:1,37) Bul, the eighth, (1 Kings 6:38) and Ethanim, the seventh. (1 Kings 6:38) and Ethanim, the seventh. (1 Kings 8:2) In the second place we have the names which prevailed subsequent to the Babylonish captivity; of these the following seven appear in the Bible: Nisan, the first, in which the passover was held, (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7) Sivan, the third (Esther 8:9) Bar. 1:8; Elul, the sixth, (Nehemiah 6:15) 1 Macc. 14:27; Chisleu, the ninth, (Nehemiah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1) 1 Macc. 1:54; Tebeth, the tenth, (Esther 2:16) Sebat, the eleventh, (Zechariah 1:7) 1 Macc. 16:14; and Adar, the twelfth. (Esther 3:7; 8:1) 2 Macc. 15:36. The names of the remaining five occur int he Talmud and other works; they were, Iyar, the second, Targum; (2 Chronicles 30:2) Tammuz, the fourth; Ab, the fifth; Tisri, the seventh; and Marcheshvan, the eighth. The name of the intercalary month was Ve-adar, i.e. the additional Adar. The identification of the jewish months with our own cannot be effected with precision on account of the variations that must inevitably exist between the lunar and the solar month. Nisan (or Abib) answers to March; Zif or Iyar to May; Sivan to June; Tammuz to July; Ab to August; Elul to September; Ethanim or Tisri to October; Bul or Marcheshvan to November; Chisleu to December; Tebeth to January; Sebat to February; and Adar to March.
From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law downward the religious feasts commencing with the passover depended not simply on the month, but on the moon; the 14th of Abib was coincident with the full moon; and the new moons themselves were the occasions of regular festivals. (Numbers 10:10; 28:11-14) The commencement of the month was generally decided by observation of the new moon. The usual number of months in a year was twelve, as implied in (1 Kings 4:7; 1 Chronicles 27:1-15) but since twelve lunar months would make but 354 1/2 days, the years would be short twelve days of the short twelve days of the true year, and therefore it follows as a matter of course that an additional month must have been inserted about every third year, which would bring the number up to thirteen. No notice, however, is taken of this month in the Bible. In the modern Jewish calendar the intercalary month is introduced seven times in every nineteen years. The usual method of designating the months was by their numerical order, e.g. "the second month," (Genesis 7:11) "the fourth month," (2 Kings 25:3) and this was generally retained even when the names were given, e.g. "in the month Zif, which is the second month." (1 Kings 6:1) The names of the months belong to two distinct periods. In the first place we have those peculiar to the period of Jewish independence, of which four only, even including Abib, which we hardly regard as a proper name are mentioned, viz.: Abib, in which the passover fell, (Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; 16:1) and which was established as the first month in commemoration of the exodus, (Exodus 12:2) Zif, the second month, (1 Kings 6:1,37) Bul, the eighth, (1 Kings 6:38) and Ethanim, the seventh. (1 Kings 6:38) and Ethanim, the seventh. (1 Kings 8:2) In the second place we have the names which prevailed subsequent to the Babylonish captivity; of these the following seven appear in the Bible: Nisan, the first, in which the passover was held, (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7) Sivan, the third (Esther 8:9) Bar. 1:8; Elul, the sixth, (Nehemiah 6:15) 1 Macc. 14:27; Chisleu, the ninth, (Nehemiah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1) 1 Macc. 1:54; Tebeth, the tenth, (Esther 2:16) Sebat, the eleventh, (Zechariah 1:7) 1 Macc. 16:14; and Adar, the twelfth. (Esther 3:7; 8:1) 2 Macc. 15:36. The names of the remaining five occur int he Talmud and other works; they were, Iyar, the second, Targum; (2 Chronicles 30:2) Tammuz, the fourth; Ab, the fifth; Tisri, the seventh; and Marcheshvan, the eighth. The name of the intercalary month was Ve-adar, i.e. the additional Adar. The identification of the jewish months with our own cannot be effected with precision on account of the variations that must inevitably exist between the lunar and the solar month. Nisan (or Abib) answers to March; Zif or Iyar to May; Sivan to June; Tammuz to July; Ab to August; Elul to September; Ethanim or Tisri to October; Bul or Marcheshvan to November; Chisleu to December; Tebeth to January; Sebat to February; and Adar to March.
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Hadashah
news; a month
news; a month
Jerah
the moon; month; smelling sweet
Month Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
month
mensis mensis
mensis mensis
Month Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
MONTH
- Static variable in class java.util.Calendar
public static final int MONTH
Field number for get and set indicating the month. This is a calendar-specific value.
- Static variable in class java.util.Calendar
public static final int MONTH
Field number for get and set indicating the month. This is a calendar-specific value.
Month Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Month
tevun-krus
tevun-krus
| English - Klingon |
month
n. jar - Klingon month
n. tera' jar - Earth month
n. waQ - months from now
n. wen - months ago
n. jar - Klingon month
n. tera' jar - Earth month
n. waQ - months from now
n. wen - months ago
Month Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Month
The extended right index finger moves down along the upturned, extended left index finger.
The extended right index finger moves down along the upturned, extended left index finger.
Month Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Month
The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as extensive as some natural period related to the motion of the Moon. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months (lunations) are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days. From excavated tally sticks, researchers have deduced that people counted days in relation to the Moon's phases as early as the Paleolithic age. Synodic months are still the basis of many calendars today.
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