April
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (literally “Easter month”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/, /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
- (US) enPR: āʹprəl, IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
Audio (US): (file) - (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹaɪl/[1]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
editApril (plural Aprils)
- The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr or Apr.
- Synonym: Eastermonth
- 1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad:
- Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there
- 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution[2], The Center for International Security and Cooperation:
- The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.
- 1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27:
- I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April.
- A surname.
Coordinate terms
edit- (given name): Avril
Derived terms
editDescendants
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See also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
References
edit- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, , →ISBN, § III.1, page 72.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editApril (plural Aprilmaande)
See also
edit(Gregorian calendar months) Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Junie, Julie, Augustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember (Category: af:Months)
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English April, from Middle English apprile, re-Latinized from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”).
Proper noun
editApril
- a female given name from English
Anagrams
editEwe
editProper noun
editApril
Related terms
editGerman
editPronunciation
editNoun
editApril m (strong, genitive April or Aprils, plural Aprile)
- April
- 1741, Annales Cistercienses, Das ist, Cisterciensische, Oder Vielmehr Jährliche Kirchen-Geschichte Von Erbauung Cisterz, wie dieser Heil. Marianischen Orden seinen Anfang und Aufnahm genommen, und was sich von Anno Christi Geburth 1098. des Heil. Cistercienser-Ordens im ersten bis 1212. des bemeldten Ordens im 115. Jahr Denckwürdiges begaben, In V. Theil abgetheilet. In Lateinischer Sprache beschrieben Von dem Hochwürdigsten Angelo Manrique von Burgen [...] von dem Hochwürdigen Bonifacio Hiltprand [...] Ins Teutsche übersetzt; Endlichen Ans Tag-Licht und in Druck gegeben Von dem Hochwürdigen Wilhelmo II. [...] Dritter Theil, page 156:
- [...] hingegen hat ihn [= den Tag des seeligen Abschieds des Heil. Fastradi] Henriquez in sein Menologium auf den 21. Tag des Aprils gesetzet; [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1818, Eichenlaub, auf Luthers Grab gestreut, im Jahre 1817, von Dr. Johann Adolph Jacobi. Dritte Ausgabe. vermehrt, page 84:
- Am Dritten des Aprils trat der Kurfürst mit einer Begleitung, die seiner Würde entsprach, die Reise nach Augsburg an.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1834, Das Volks-Schulwesen in den Preußischen Staaten. Eine Zusammenstellung der Verordnungen, welche den Elementar-Unterricht der Jugend betreffen, von Dr. Johann Ferdinand Neigebaur, page 206 (from a "Dienstvorschrift für die Schulvorstände"):
- 22) Bei Ueberreichung der Verzeichnisse der schulpflichtigen Kinder weiset der Vorstand den Lehrer an, mit dem Ersten Aprils und dem Ersten Octobers diejenigen aufzunehmen, welche dann das 8te Jahr vollendet haben.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
edit- Expressions like der erste April (der 1. April) are normally used to refer to a certain day of April and not to a certain entire month of April during a period of more than one year (e.g. der April des zweiten Jahres).
Declension
editDescendants
editSee also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
- (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
- (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond (Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)
Further reading
edit- “April” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “April” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “April” in Duden online
- April on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German April.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editApril m (nominative plural April)
Declension
editSee also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) Monate im gregorianicher Kalenner; Januer, Februer, Merz, April, Maai, Juni, Juli, Aaugust/August, September, Oktover, November, Dezember (Categories: hrx:Gregorian calendar months, hrx:Months)
References
edit- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “April”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 13
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch april, from Middle Dutch april, from Latin Aprīlis. Cognate with Afrikaans April, Malay April.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editApril
Coordinate terms
edit(Gregorian calendar months) bulan kalender Gregorius; Januari, Februari, Maret, April, Mei, Juni, Juli, Agustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember (Category: id:Gregorian calendar months)
Further reading
edit- “April” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Limburgish
editNoun
editApril m
Malay
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English April, from Middle English apprile, from aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editApril (Jawi spelling اڤريل)
- April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
Maltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian aprili.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editApril m
- April
- 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
- Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
li dejjem ta’ kull sena
titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
u kull April tinbena,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
editTagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔejpɾil/ [ˈʔeɪ̯.pɾɪl]
- Rhymes: -ejpɾil
- Syllabification: A‧pril
Proper noun
editApril (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)
- a female given name from English
Anagrams
edit- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Etruscan
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from month names
- English female given names from English
- English surnames
- en:Gregorian calendar months
- en:Months
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- af:Months
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Middle English
- Cebuano terms derived from Old French
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano terms derived from Etruscan
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from English
- Ewe lemmas
- Ewe proper nouns
- ee:Months
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms with quotations
- de:Gregorian calendar months
- de:Months
- Hunsrik terms borrowed from German
- Hunsrik terms derived from German
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/il
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/il/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/iːl
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/iːl/2 syllables
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- hrx:Gregorian calendar months
- hrx:Months
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Gregorian calendar months
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish proper nouns
- Limburgish masculine nouns
- Limburgish German-based spelling forms
- Limburgish Veldeke spelling forms
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Middle English
- Malay terms derived from Old French
- Malay terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Malay/el
- Rhymes:Malay/il
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- Malay lemmas
- Malay proper nouns
- ms:Gregorian calendar months
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio links
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese terms with quotations
- mt:Months
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ejpɾil
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ejpɾil/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog given names
- Tagalog female given names
- Tagalog female given names from English