Definitions for januaryˈdʒæn yuˌɛr i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Jan•u•ar•yˈdʒæn yuˌɛr i(n.)(pl.)-ar•ies, -ar•ys.

  1. the first month of the year, containing 31 days.

    Ref: Abbr.: Jan. 2

Origin of January:

bef. 1000; ME Januari(us), Janiver, Genever, (< OF Genever), OE Januarius < L, n. use of Jānuārius=Jānu(s)Janus+-ārius -ary

Princeton's WordNet

  1. January, Jan(noun)

    the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. January(noun)ˈdʒæn yuˌɛr i

    the 1st month of the year

    We moved in January.; January 9th

Wiktionary

  1. January(ProperNoun)

    The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.

    01/01/09 : Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

  2. Origin: Re-Latinized from Ieneuer, from genever, from ianuarius, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".

Webster Dictionary

  1. January(noun)

    the first month of the year, containing thirty-one days

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. January

    the first month of the year, so called as sacred to Janus (q. v.).


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

January(noun)

the first month of the year, the month following December.

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