month

month is on the Basic English 850 List.

monkey - month - moon

month is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

money - month - more

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mŭnth, IPA ^(key): /mʌnθ/ or [mɐn̪θ]
• (US) enPR: mŭnth, IPA ^(key): /mʌnθ/ or [mʌn̪θ]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

Singular month

Plural months

1. A measure of time, approximately equal to the time taken for the moon to circle the earth.

   There are between 28 and 31 days in one month.

   There are 12 months in one year.

The months in the Gregorian Calendar have different numbers of days:

• 31 days in January
• 28 days in February (or 29 in a leap year)
• 31 days in March
• 30 days in April
• 31 days in May
• 30 days in June
• 31 days in July
• 31 days in August
• 30 days in September
• 31 days in October
• 30 days in November
• 31 days in December