month

month · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided.

  2. 2.

    A period of time between a date in one month and the corresponding date in the next.

  3. 3.

    A period of approximately 30 days.

  4. 4.

    (plural: months) A long time.

Forms

plural: months

Related words

See also: months, week, year

Etymology

From Old English "monath," from Proto-Germanic "*menoth-," related to "moon." The month was originally the period between new moons, approximately 29.5 days.