April
Syllables: A·prilUK/ˈeɪ.pɹɪl//ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
April proper noun: the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
Proper noun
April (plural Aprils)
- The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there1845, Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad
- Synonyms:
- Eastermonth, Fourth Month
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.
- 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.1947, Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll, page 27
- A surname.
April meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
April in Hindi
- fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
- अप्रैल aprail
April in Tamil
- fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
- ஏப்ரல் ēpral
April in Marathi
- fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
- एप्रिल epril
April in Urdu
- fourth month of the Gregorian calendar
- اَپْرَیل aprail, اَپْریل aprel
More languagesFewer languages
- April in Bengali
- এপ্রিল epril
- April in Telugu
- ఏప్రిల్ ēpril
- April in Malayalam
- ഏപ്രിൽ ēpril
- April in Kannada
- ಎಪ್ರಿಲ್ epril
- April in Punjabi
- ਅਪਰੈਲ aparail, ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ aprail
- April in Gujarati
- એપ્રિલ epril
- April in Odia
- ଅପ୍ରେଲ aprela
- April in Sanskrit
- आंग्लवर्षस्य चतुर्थमास āṃglavarṣasya caturthamāsa
- April in Sinhala
- අප්රියෙල් apriyel
- April in Assamese
- এপ্ৰিল epril
- April in Nepali
- अप्रेल aprel
- April in Pashto
- اپرېل aprél
- April in Tagalog
- Abril
- April in Arabic
- أَبْرِيل ʔabrīl, نِيسَان nīsān
- April in Malay
- April
- April in Indonesian
- April
- April in Thai
- เมษายน mee-sǎa-yon
- April in Vietnamese
- tháng tư
- April in Myanmar
- ဧပြီ e-pri, လေးလ le:la.
- Dhivehi
- އެޕްރީލް eprīl
- Dzongkha
- སྤྱི་ཟླ་བཞི་པ། spyi zla bzhi pa
Examples of April in a sentence
- Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for...
- As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).2020 May 12, Holly Yan, “Trump says the US leads the world in testing. But it’s far behind in testing per capita, studies show”, in CNN...
Synonyms of April
Forms of April
| plural | Aprils |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation | Apr |
| alternative abbreviation | Apr. |
| alternative abbreviation | APR |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Aprill |
Origin of April
From 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 (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.
Words formed from April
- Aprilesque
- April-fish
- April fool
- April-gentleman
- April-gowk
- Aprilian
- Aprilish
- Aprilly
- April Revolution
- April showers
- April showers bring May flowers
- April Theory
- April Theses
- April Uprising
- Bloody April
- days of April
- mid-April
Phrases with April
- April fools
- April fooler
- April Fools'
- April shower
- April foolers
- April foolery
- ides of April
- April fooleries
- April gentleman
- April gentlemen
- April Fool's Day
- April Fools' Day
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Questions about April
- What does April mean?
- April means the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
- What is April in Hindi?
- April in Hindi is अप्रैल (aprail). See April meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use April in a sentence?
- Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
- What part of speech is April?
- April is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce April?
- April is pronounced /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/ (UK).
Words near April in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: April (page history and authors); এপ্ৰিল (Assamese) (page history and authors); अप्रेल (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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