December en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈsɛmbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ɖɪˈsɛmbə(r)/ (South-Asia)
- /dɪˈzɛmbər/ some speakers in Western Scotland
- dĭ-sĕmʹbər (US)
- /dɪˈzɛmbə/ many speakers in Singapore
- /dɪˈsɛm.bɚ/ (US)
- /ɖɪsəmˈbɜ(r)/ (South-Asia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.
Meanings
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The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.
2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:Old Oakes doe not eaſily fall: / Decembers cold hand combes my head and beard, / But May ſvvimmes in my blood; and he that vvalkes / VVithout his vvooden third legge, is never old.
a. 1633 (date written), Thomas Dekker, The Wonder of a Kingdome, London: […] Robert Raworth for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1636, →OCLC, Act I, signature [A3], recto:It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012.
2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR:Holonyms: calendar year; year
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(rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
But others were less than thrilled with this new gizmo, particularly its addictive qualities. There were reports of breakups threatened and consummated over it. “Our marriage or your Sony,” one woman told her husband, who duly sold the Walkman to a bachelor friend. A young woman named December Cole, a sales executive at a beauty magazine, recalled a trip to Atlantic City with "a basically rude" man who wouldn't stop "bopping around to his own music."
2017, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Personal Stereo, →ISBN, page 45:
- A surname.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| Decembre | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| DEC | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| Decembers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Dc | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| Dec | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Decembery · Decemberish · May-December · Decembrist · Decemberist · Decembral · Decemberly · Decembrism · Destroy Dick December · December bride
Descendants
ޑިސެމްބަރު · Disamba · ডিসেম্বর · Disemba · دسمبر · ဒီဇင်ဘာ · Tesema · दिसंबर · dihjempe · Tisimba · Tēhema · Desemba · Kēkēmapa · Disemba · Desemba · Tīhema · Disembala · डिसेंबर · desemba · Disember
Hyponyms
Relateds
May · January · 10ber · December Revolution · Dec · July · February · August · December Uprising · mul:12 · March · December Murders · Dec. · April · September · June · DEC · May and December · November · Undecimber · October · December effect
Synonyms
Translations (275)
win Caa hee wakšų wiira (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · odt heilmānoth (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · st Tshitwe (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · oc decembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ale Dikaabrax̂ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nan-hbl 十二月 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dng лайүә (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ka დეკემბერი (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pa ਦਸੰਬਰ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nso Manthole (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nb desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · uli Dumwur (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sk december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zu uZibandlela (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lkt Waníčhoka wí (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tk dekabr (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · hu december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · km ធ្នូ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pam Désiembiri (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · be сьне́жань (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dtp Momuhau (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mas ɨn-tʉŋʉ́s (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · la december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ik Uyaliġvik (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lb Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · eo decembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · akz hasiholtina istanóoka (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vo dekul (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · eo Decembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · li December (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · el Δεκέμβριος (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mn арван хоёрдугаар сар (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ik Siqiñġiḷaq (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · wo Disembar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ha Disamba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vi tháng Mười Hai (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dz སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཅུ་གཉིས་པ། (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gd Dùbhlachd (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ckt атъылёкэ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rup andreu (roa-rup) (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nap dicèmbre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ug دېكابىر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fur Disembar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rm december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · af Desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sw Desemba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ru дека́брь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sn Zvita (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fur Dicembar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · myv ацамков (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sah Ахсынньы (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ee Dzome (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sm Tesema (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ny Disembala (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · niu Tesemo (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mwl Dezembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · jv Dhésèmber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · frr jülmoune (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gl decembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sc meseidas (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · az dekabr (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · br Kerzu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · is desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · my ဒီဇင်ဘာ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mt Diċembru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kea Dezembru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · or ଡିସେମ୍ବର (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · uz dekabr (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ky декабрь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pdc Grischtmonet (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · te డిసెంబరు (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ty tītema (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sq dimëror (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · de Julmond (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kea D'zembr' (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · alt декабрь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · he דֶּצֶמְבֶּר (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fo desembur (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lld dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lv decembris (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · co dicembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nds-de Juulmaand (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ro decembrie (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tl Disyembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sc nadabi (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gil Ritembwa (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · xal барс сар (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pdc Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · egl dṡàmmber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vi tháng mười hai (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ca desembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ki Gatumu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cv раштав (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fa دسامبر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · esu Uivik (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zza Gağan (diq) (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sh про̀синац (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dv ޑިސެމްބަރު (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ms Disember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · to Tisema (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sh дѐце̄мбар (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · aii ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vec disenbre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ss íNgongóni (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · it dicembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sco December (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · liv detsembõr (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kg desembele (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ps سامبر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ang ǣrra ġēola (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ast avientu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lt gruodis (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · akz hasiholtina istapókkòolawah tóklo (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ckt ӄууԓьетйъиԓгын (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fr décembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ab ԥхынҷкәын (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ja 十二月 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · izh dekabri (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gsw Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ar كَانُون الْأَوَّل (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mnc ᠵᠣᡵᡥᠣᠨ ᠪᡳᠶᠠ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · scn dicembri (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vro joulukuu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nap deciémbro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tr aralık (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nn desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · da december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mhn schantònderer (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ro undrea (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kea dizenbru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zza Gağane (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · hy դեկտեմբեր (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rgn dezémbar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cy Rhagfyr (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · atj Pitcipipon pisimw (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cmn 十二月 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tet dezembru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sh pròsinac (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · es diciembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ja 師走 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ps دسمبر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · frr detsämber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fj Tiseba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · be сне́жань (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ak Ɔpɛnimma (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ota آرالق (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · su Désémber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rsk децембер (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vep talʹvku (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lb Chrëschtmount (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ar دِيسَمْبِر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tr yeldoksan (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · wal Duubbalaa (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mr डिसेंबर (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lkt Tȟahékapšuŋ wí (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pox ardĕmond (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sv december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · co dicembri (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · de Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · chr ᎥᏍᎩᏱ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pt dezembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · udm толсур (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sq shënëndre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ems Qanim Iralua (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ckb کانوونی یەکەم (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · stq Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sjd та̄лльвма̄нн (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tpi disemba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · os декабрь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · haw Kēkēmapa (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sh dècēmbar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ug ئون ئىككىنچى ئاي (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nds-de Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sl decêmber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · frr deetsember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · et detsember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ug دېكابر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zun Ik'ohbu Yachunne (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · th ธันวาคม (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · bn ডিসেম্বর (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sc nadàle (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sq dhjetor (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ur دِسَمْبَر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ht desanm (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ee Dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · xal бар сар (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kl decembari (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ko 십이월 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gl nadal (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cop ⲇⲉⲕⲉⲙⲃⲣⲓⲟⲥ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · yi דעצעמבער (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zza Kanun (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dak Wiiakenoŋpa (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · is desembermánuður (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sc nadali (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · abq декабрь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · io decembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tt декабрь (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · jv Désèmber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rup dechemvriu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · an aviento (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fy wintermoanne (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ang December (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pdt Dezamba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cho Tisimba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · gv Mee ny Nollick (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ar دِيسِمْبِر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · om Muddee (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rm schember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · izh talvikuu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · vi tháng Mười hai (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ce Гӏуран-бутт (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fa-ira دِسامْبْر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cs prosinec (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tr kânunuevvel (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ln dɛsɛ́mbɛ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ckt атъыԓёкэ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · eu abendu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fa دسمبر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rm dezember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · bcl Disyembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · my ဆယ့်နှစ်လ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · apw Zas Nłtʼees (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · rgn dizèmbar (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pl grudzień (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · frp dècembro (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ga Mí na Nollag (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sms rosttovmään (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ia decembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · uk гру́день (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fi joulukuu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · si දෙසැම්බර් (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ilo Disiembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mi Tīhema (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · zu uDisemba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · id Desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · sjd коаммыййма̄нн (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lo ເດືອນທັນວາ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · hak 十二月 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · xmf ქირსეთუთა (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · wa decimbe (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · oj manidoo-giizisoons (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ast diciembre (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · tg декабр (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · scn dicèmmiru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · scn decèmmiru (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · bg деке́мври (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · cu стоуденъ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · br miz Kerzu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · moe pishimuss (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ml ഡിസംബർ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · hi दिसम्बर (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pam kalabin-aduang búlan (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · am ዲሴምበር (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fy desimber (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kw Kevardhu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ta டிசம்பர் (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mk деке́мври (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · xbr wulang hakambulu dàmbu (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · el Δεκέμβρης (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · iu ᑎᓯᒻᐳᕆ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · lez фандукӏ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · kk желтоқсан (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nl december (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · jam Disemba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · fo desember (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · yue 十二月 (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · mnc ᠵᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡳᠶᠠ (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · dng шыэрйүә (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · xcl դեկտեմբեր (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · nv Níłchʼitsoh (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · ady Тыгъэгъаз (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · pdc Grischtmunet (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · prs دِسِمْبَر (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar) · bi desemba (twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar)