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Jan·u·ar·y

(jăn′yo͞o-ĕr′ē)

n. pl. Jan·u·ar·ies

The first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Middle English Januarie, Jenever, from Old North French Jenever, from Latin Iānuārius (mēnsis), (month) of Janus, from Iānus, Janus; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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January

(ˈdʒænjʊərɪ)

n, pl -aries

the first month of the year, consisting of 31 days

[C14: from Latin Jānuārius, from adj: (month) of Janus¹]

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Jan•u•ar•y

(ˈdʒæn yuˌɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies, -ar•ys.

the first month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbr.: Jan.

[before 1000; Middle English Januari(us), Janiver, Genever, (< Old French Genever), Old English Januarius < Latin, n. use of Jānuārius=Jānu(s) Janus + -ārius -ary]

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January - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

Jan

Inauguration Day, January 20 - the day designated for inauguration of the United States President

Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752

New Year's, New Year's Day, January 1 - the first day of the year

Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday - observed on the Monday closest to January 15

Tet - the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th

January 20, Saint Agnes's Eve - a Christian holy day

Solemnity of Mary, January 1 - (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation

Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day, Epiphany - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

Twelfth night - eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5

Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar

mid-January - the middle part of January

Translations

Januarie

شَهْر كانون ثانيشهر واحدكانون الثانيينايريَنَايِر

януари

gener

leden

januar

Januar Jänner Hartung

Ιανουάριος Γενάρης

januaro

enero

jaanuar

ژانویه

tammikuu

janvier

ינואר

जनवरी

siječanjjȁnuār

január

januario

januari

janúar

gennaio

一月

1월일월

ianuarius

sausis

Janvāris

ജനുവരി

gerarianuarie

január

januar

januarsečanjјануарсечањ

januari

เดือนมกราคมมกราคม

ocakKanuni Sani

січень

جنوری

tháng mộttháng giêng

一月

January

[ˈdʒænjʊərɪ]

A. N → enero m
see July for usage

B. CPD the January sales NPL → las rebajas de enero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

January

[ˈdʒænjəri]

n → janvier m
see also July
in January → en janvier

modif [figures, meeting] → de janvier
to have a January birthday → avoir son anniversaire en janvier January salesJanuary sales npl → soldes mpl de janvier

January

n → Januar m ? also September

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

January

[ˈdʒænjʊərɪ] n → gennaio
for usage see July

January

(ˈdʒӕnjuəri) noun

the first month of the year, the month following December.

January

→ يَنَايِر leden januar Januar Ιανουάριος enero tammikuu janvier siječanj gennaio 一月 1월 januari januar styczeń janeiro январь januari เดือนมกราคม Ocak tháng Một 一月

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Also, with this death-road concept in my brain, I began to grow afraid that something would happen to me before sailing day, which was set for some time in January. I lived more circumspectly, drank less deeply, and went home more frequently.

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Early on the 1st of January, 1863, Conseil joined me on the platform.

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Financial Statement | Third Week in January Place Visited, | Perform ances, Newark

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For one of these accursed creatures was the First of January, and the other the Twenty-fifth of December.

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Firmly resolved, after putting his affairs in order in the regiment, to retire from the army and return and marry Sonya, Nicholas, serious, sorrowful, and at variance with his parents, but, as it seemed to him, passionately in love, left at the beginning of January to rejoin his regiment.

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But now I have no doubt of seeing him here about the second week in January."

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The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory.

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Towards this home, she began on the approach of January to turn her thoughts, and thither she one day abruptly, and very unexpectedly by them, asked the elder Misses Dashwood to accompany her.

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Cecil, mind you marry her next January. She is one of us already."

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Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December.

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One night in January when it was bitter cold and snow lay deep on the streets of Winesburg Curtis Hartman paid his last visit to the room in the bell tower of the church.

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This was in January, you understand--January, 1834-- the 3d of January--Wednesday.