January
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/ name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
"Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- 2 A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. rare
"“Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”"
Antonyms
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More examples"The first month of the year is January."
Etymology
From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.