month

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŭnth
• IPA: /mʌnθ/
• SAMPA: /mVnT/

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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 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