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December.

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

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/dɪˈsɛmbə/Received-Pronunciation/dɪˈsɛm.bɚ/US/ɖɪˈsɛmbə(r)/South-Asia/ɖɪsəmˈbɜ(r)/South-Asia
  1. The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.

  2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].

    rare
  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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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