december

• dec. (abbreviation)

Ultimately from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /deˈsɛˀmbɐ/, [d̥e̝ˈseˀmb̥ɐ], [te̝ˈseˀmpɒ̽]

december c

1. December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar)

• dec (abbreviation)

From Middle Dutch december, from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmbər/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): [deɪˈsɛmbər]

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• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛmbər

december m (plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)

1. December

   Synonym: (archaic) wintermaand

• Afrikaans: Desember
• Negerhollands: december
• → Caribbean Hindustani: desambar
• → Caribbean Javanese: désèmber
• → Indonesian: Desember
• → Papiamentu: desèmber
• → Trió: risenpë

Hungarian months

november	← december →	január
Abbreviation : dec.     Adjective : decemberi     Adverb : decemberenként
Hungarian Wikipedia article on december

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]

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• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -ɛr

december (plural decemberek)

1. December

• Appendix:Hungarian words of time

• december in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• december in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Borrowed from German Dezember.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈt͡sɛm.bɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛmbɛr
• Syllabification: de‧cem‧ber

december m inan (related adjective decembrowi)

1. December

   Synonyms: gòdnik, grëdzéń

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “december”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “grudzień”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɛˈkɛm.bɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈt͡ʃɛm.ber]

december (feminine decembris); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. alternative letter-case form of December: of December

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

• In New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as decembre.

december m (genitive decembris); third declension

1. alternative letter-case form of December: December
   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.

     Die tercio decembris — On the third day of December

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Détsämmber (Eupen)

Borrowed from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /deˈsæm.bəʀ/
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
• Rhymes: -æmbəʀ

december m

1. December (month)

Learned borrowing from Latin December, from decem, from Proto-Italic *dekəm, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

december m

1. December

• Alemannic German: Dezämber
• Bavarian: Dezemba
• Cimbrian: disèmber
• German: Dezember
  • → Estonian: detsember
  • → Hebrew: דֵּצֶמְבֶּר (detsémber)
  • → Hunsrik: Dezember
  • → Kashubian: december
  • → Luxembourgish: Dezember
• Pennsylvania German: Dezember, Disember
• Yiddish: דעצעמבער (detsember)

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “december”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

• dezember (Sutsilvan)

From Latin December.

december m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) December

• dec., dec (abbreviation)

Ultimately from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /ɟet͡sember/, [ˈɟet͡sember]
• Rhymes: -ember
• Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber

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december m inan (relational adjective decembrový)

1. December

• decembrový

• “december”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• nov. (abbreviation)

Ultimately from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /dɛt͡sɛ̀ːmbər/

decémbər m inan

1. December

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	decêmber
gen. sing.	decêmbra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	decêmber	decêmbra	decêmbri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	decêmbra	decêmbrov	decêmbrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	decêmbru	decêmbroma	decêmbrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	decêmber	decêmbra	decêmbre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	decêmbru	decêmbrih	decêmbrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	decêmbrom	decêmbroma	decêmbri

• “december”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “december”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• dec., dec (abbreviation)

Ultimately from Latin December.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/

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december c

1. December

• Christmånad
• julmånad
• kristmånad

• decembermånad
• decembermånaden (definite form for december)

• “december”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “december”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “december”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)