different between october vs desembre

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

october m (plural octobers, diminutive octobertje n)

1. Superseded spelling of oktober.

Usage notes

• The spelling october was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

Latin

Etymology

From octo (“eight”) + -ber from -bris, an adjectival suffix.

By analogy with september, as if oct? (“eight”) : septem. In the Roman calendar, the year began with m?rtius (“March”), and oct?ber was the eighth month of the year.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ok?to?.ber/, [?k?t?o?b?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ok?to.ber/, [?k?t???b?r]

Adjective

oct?ber (feminine oct?bris, neuter oct?bre); third-declension three-termination adjective

1. Of October.
   • 1st century CE — Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book XII

     Cum eius radicem mense octobri, quo[d] maxime matura est.

   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lu?i? (1984) Spisi Dubrova?ke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 293.

     Die tercio octubris — the third of October

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Descendants

Borrowings

Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• october in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romansch

Alternative forms

• otgover

Etymology

From Latin october (“of October”).

Proper noun

october m

1. October

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin december, decembrem. Compare Old Catalan dembre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /d??zem.b??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de?zem.b?e/

Noun

desembre m (plural desembres)

1. December

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mes del calendari gregorià; gener, febrer, març, abril, maig, juny, juliol, agost, setembre, octubre, novembre, desembre ^{(Category: ca:Months)}

Further reading

• “desembre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ladino

Noun

desembre m (Latin spelling)

1. December