English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English

Etymology
Re-Latinized from ME. Ieneuer < Old Norman French genever < L. Ianuarius, (month) of Janus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�d�ænj��ri/, SAMPA|/"dZ{nju@ri/ or as US
(US): AHD|j�nʹyo�o-�r'�, IPA|/�d�ænju��ri/, SAMPA|/"dZ{nju%Eri/
audio|en-us-January.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun|Januar|ies|-

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

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from January
Black January
January Club
January effect
January Events
January indicator
January Massacre
rel-mid
January Rebellion
January sales
January thaw
January Uprising
May and January
mid-January
rel-bottom

Related terms
Janus

Translations
trans-top|first month of the Gregorian calendar
Abkhaz: RUchar|аж���н�ҳ�а IPAchar|(a���rn�ḥwa)
Afrikaans: Januarie
Alabama: lokbahaháhpa
Albanian: janar
Arabic: ARchar|��ا�ر|����ا��ر unicode|(yaná�yir) m, ARchar|�ا��� ا�ثا�� (Kánun Ath-tháni) m
Aragonese: chinero m
Armenian: t+|hy|Õ°Õ¸Ö�Õ¶Õ¾Õ¡Ö�|scHayeren|xsArmenian
Asturian: xineru m
Basque: urtarril
Belarusian: ���дзен� (studzen')
Bosnian: t-|bs|januar|m
Breton: genver, miz genver
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�н�а�и|m|trjanuari|scCyrl
Catalan: gener m
Cherokee: ����� (dunolvtani)
Chinese: �� (yīyuè), 正� (zhèngyue), �� (yuányuè)
Chuvash: к��ла� (kârlash)
Cornish: Genver, Mys Genver
Corsican: ghjennaghju m
Croatian: t-|hr|sije�anj
Czech: t+|cs|leden|m
Danish: t+|da|januar
Dutch: t+|nl|januari|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|januaro|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|jaanuar
Ewe: Dzove n, Yanuar n
Finnish: t+|fi|tammikuu
French: t+|fr|janvier|m
Frisian: jannewaris, foarmoanne
Friulian: zenâr m
Galician: xaneiro m
German: Januar m; (in Austria) Jänner; Hartung m
Georgian: ������� (ianuari)
Greek: t+|el|�ανο�ά�ιο�|m|scGrek (Ianouários), t+|el|�ενά�η�|m|scGrek (Genáris)
Hebrew: �נ��ר|�ָנ�ּ�ָר (yánuar)
Hindi: �नवर� (janvarī)
Hungarian: t+|hu|január
Icelandic: t+|is|janúar
Ido: januaro
Ilocano: enero
Indonesian: t-|id|januari|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: januario
Irish: t+|ga|Eanáir|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|gennaio|m
Japanese: �� (����, ichigátsu)
Javanese: januar
Kannada: �ನವರಿ
Kashubian: stëcznik
Khmer: KMchar|���� (meykg�r�)
Korean: t+|ko|��|trirweol|scKOchar
Kurdish: t+|ku|rêbendan
Latin: t+|la|Ianuarius|m
trans-mid
Latvian: Janv�ris
Limburgish: Jannewarie
Lithuanian: t+|lt|sausis|m|xs=Lithuanian
Livonian: janvär, ūd�igast kū
Luxembourgish: Jannewarie
Maltese: t-|mt|Jannar|xs=Maltese
Manchu: (aniya biya)
Maori: hänuere
Marathi: �ान�वार� (janvarī)
Neapolitan: jennaro, iennaro, gennàio
Norwegian: t+|no|januar
Novial: januare
Occitan: genièr m
Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo-giizis
Old English: t-|ang|æfterra geola|m|altæfterra ġ�ola|xsOld English
Old Prussian: Janw�rs, Rags
Persian: FAchar|�ا���� (djânwie)
Polish: t+|pl|stycze�
Portuguese: t+|pt|janeiro
Romanian: t+|ro|ianuarie|m
Russian: �нва�� (janvár�) m
Sami

Sardinian: ghennarzu m
Scots: Januar
Serbian

Shona: kurume
Sicilian: jinnaru m
Slovak: t+|sk|január|m
Slovene: jánuar m
Spanish: t+|es|enero|m
Sundanese: Januari
Swedish: t+|sv|januari
Tagalog: enero#Tagalog|enero
Tamil: �னவரி
Tatar: �ínwar, г�йнва�
Telugu: �నవరి (janavari)
Thai: THchar|ม�รา�ม (m�hk gà raa khohm)
Turkish: ocak, Kanuni Sani (obsolete)
Ukrainian: c��ен� (sí�en�)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|tháng giêng|xs=Vietnamese
Volapük: yanul
Võro: vahtsõaastakuu
Walloon: djanvî
Welsh: t-|cy|Ionawr|f|xs=Welsh
trans-bottom

Category:English eponyms
Category:Months

ar:January
ast:January
zh-min-nan:January
br:January
da:January
de:January
et:January
el:January
fa:January
fr:January
ga:January
gl:January
ko:January
hy:January
io:January
id:January
it:January
csb:January
kk:January
ku:January
lt:January
hu:January
nl:January
ja:January
km:January
pl:January
pt:January
ro:January
ru:January
simple:January
sr:January
fi:January
sv:January
tr:January
uk:January
zh:January

• 2007-12-19 02:03 - Tbot - added t for bg, ga, ku, la, lt, vi

Full Revision History