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december

//dɪˈsɛmbə//

Proper noun

A name for a specific person, place, organization, or other unique entity.

Note for december

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Definitions

1.The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
- It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1711

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

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.

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Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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