English

Alternative forms

• Decembre (obsolete)
• Dec., Dec, Dc (abbreviations)

Proper noun

December ‎(plural Decembers)

1. The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year.

Synonyms

• Yulemonth (rare)

Hyponyms

• mid-December

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Undecimber
• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Scots

Etymology

From Latin december ‎(“of the tenth month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪzɛmˈbər], [ˈdɛzɛmˈbər]

Proper noun

December

1. December

See also

• (month): Previous: November. Next: Januar

Danish

Noun

december c

1. December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: da:Months)}

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmber/
• (Northern) [deɪˈsɛmbəɹ]

Noun

december m ‎(plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)

1. December

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber

Noun

december ‎(plural decemberek)

1. December

Declension

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian words of time

(Gregorian calendar months) január, február, március, április, május, június, július, augusztus, szeptember, október, november, december ^{(Category: hu:Months)}

Latin

Etymology

By syncope from earlier *decumo-mēmbris, analogically to septem : september, from earlier *decumo-mēnsris "of the tenth month", from the ordinal stem decem ‎(“ten”) + *mēnsris, from mens- ‎(“month”) + -ris. In the Roman calendar, the year began with mārtius ‎(“March”), and december was the tenth month of the year.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.ber/

Adjective

december m ‎(feminine decembris, neuter decembre); third declension

1. Of December.
   • 59 BCE - 17 CE — Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, Book XXII

     postremo decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est.

     finally in the middle of the month of December there was a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn.

   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.

     Die tercio decembris — the third of December

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives, modifying substantives such as mensis.

Inflection

Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.

Descendants

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Limburgish

Noun

december

1. December (month)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) dezember

Etymology

From Latin december.

Proper noun

december m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) December

Slovak

Noun

december m

1. December

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈtsɛ̀ːmbər/
• Tonal orthography: decémbər

Noun

decêmber m inan ‎(genitive decêmbra, nominative plural decêmbri)

1. December

Declension

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) méseci gregorijánskega koledárja; jánuar, fébruar, márec, apríl, máj, júnij, júlij, avgúst, septêmber, október, novêmber, decêmber

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/

Noun

december c

1. December

Synonyms

• julmånad