December Definition

dĭ-sĕmbər
noun
The twelfth and last month of the year, having 31 days: abbrev. Dec. or D.
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pronoun

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year. Abbreviation: Dec or Dec.

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Noun

Singular:
December
Plural:
decembers

Origin of December

  • Middle English decembre from Old French from Latin December the tenth month of the Roman year probably from decemmembris from decem-mēnsris decem ten dekm̥ in Indo-European roots mēnsis month menses

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dekm, ten; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar.

    From Wiktionary

December Sentence Examples

  • In December they again reached Paris.

  • The December and June curves for Kew are good examples of the ordinary nature of the difference between midwinter and midsummer.

  • She wouldn't be two years old until December.

  • Kris does a big feast here every year, and Andre used to arrange the December holiday celebration.

  • At length the hostility of the princes was overcome, and in December 1282 Rudolph invested his sons Albert and Rudolph with the duchies of Austria and Styria at Augsburg, and so laid the foundations of the greatness of the house of Habsburg.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEC

Words Ending With

RERBER

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December

Words Starting With D and Ending With R

Starts With D & Ends With RStarts With DE & Ends With RStarts With D & Ends With ER

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With R