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month

/ˈmʌnθ/MUHNTH
/ˈmʌnθ/MUHNTH

Meaninga moon's period

Common meaning: a period of about four weeks

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishmonaþsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmonethsource
  3. Englishmonth‘a period of about four weeks’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English monaþ ‘a moon's period’.

Roots

  • monaþ Old English “a moon's period”

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