December

De·cem·ber  (d-smbr)

n. Abbr. Dec.

The 12th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.

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[Middle English decembre, from Old French, from Latin December, the tenth month of the Roman year, probably from *decemmembris, from *decem-mnsris : decem, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots + mnsis, month; see menses.]

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December

Noun

the twelfth month of the year [Latin: the tenth month (the Roman year originally began with March)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

December - the last (12th) month of the year     Dec Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 December 31, New Year's Eve - the last day of the year Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Christmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar mid-December - the middle part of December

Translations

December [dɪˈsɛmbəʳ] n → diciembre m

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December [dɪˈsɛmbəʳ] n → décembre m

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December [dɪˈsɛmbəʳ] n → Dezember m see also July

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December [dɪˈsɛmbəʳ] n → dicembre m for phrases see also July

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December

n December [diˈsembə]

the twelfth month of the year, the month following November. Desember شَهْر كانون أوِّل декември prosinec december der Dezember Δεκέμβριος diciembre detsember دسامبر joulukuu décembre דֶצֶמבֶּר दिसम्बर prosinac, mjesec iza studenog december Desember desember dicembre 12月 12월 gruodis decembris disember december desember grudzień Dezembro decembrie декабрь december december decembar december ธันวาคม Aralık (ayı) 十二月 грудень دسمبر tháng mười hai 十二月