February
Syllables: Feb·ru·ary/ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi//ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/
February proper noun: the short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
Proper noun
February (plural Februaries or Februarys)
- The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- Susan was born on February 29.
- Synonyms:
- Second Month
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
- “Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking...2011, Kristen Ashley, For You
February meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
February in Hindi
- second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars
- फ़रवरी farvarī
February in Tamil
- second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars
- பெப்ரவரி pepravari, பிப்ரவரி pipravari
February in Marathi
- second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars
- फेब्रुवारी phebruvārī
February in Urdu
- second month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars
- فَرْوَری farvarī
More languagesFewer languages
- February in Bengali
- ফেব্রুয়ারি phebruẏari
- February in Telugu
- ఫిబ్రవరి phibravari
- February in Malayalam
- ഫെബ്രുവരി phebruvari
- February in Kannada
- ಫೆಬ್ರುವರಿ phebruvari
- February in Punjabi
- ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ farvarī
- February in Gujarati
- ફેબ્રુઆરી phebruārī
- February in Odia
- ଫେବୃଆରୀ phebruāri
- February in Sinhala
- පෙබරවාරි pebarawāri
- February in Assamese
- ফেব্ৰুৱাৰী phebruari
- February in Nepali
- फरवरी pharvarī
- February in Pashto
- فبروري februwarí, فروري farwarí
- February in Tagalog
- Pebrero
- February in Arabic
- فِبْرَايِر fibrāyir, شُبَاط šubāṭ
- February in Malay
- Februari
- February in Indonesian
- Februari
- February in Thai
- กุมภาพันธ์ gum-paa-pan
- February in Vietnamese
- tháng hai
- February in Myanmar
- ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ hpehpauwari, နှစ်လ hnacla.
- Dhivehi
- ފެބްރުއަރީ februarī
- Dzongkha
- སྤྱི་ཟླ་གཉིས་པ། spyi zla gnyis pa
Examples of February in a sentence
- February was set aside for the intercalation because it was the last month of the year...2011, Robert A. Kaster trans. Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book I, Chapter xiii, Sections 14–15
- “Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began.2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business:
- It's a real person, her name is February Owens and he's been obsessed with her since they went to high school together.”2011, Kristen Ashley, For You:
Synonyms of February
Forms of February
| plural | Februaries |
|---|---|
| plural | Februarys |
| alternative abbreviation | Feb |
| alternative abbreviation | Feb. |
| alternative abbreviation | FEB |
| alternative form | Februarius |
Origin of February
From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).
Words formed from February
Phrases with February
Words that rhyme with February
Questions about February
- What does February mean?
- February means the short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.
- What is February in Hindi?
- February in Hindi is फ़रवरी (farvarī). See February meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use February in a sentence?
- February was set aside for the intercalation because it was the last month of the year...
- What part of speech is February?
- February is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce February?
- February is pronounced /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near February in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: February (page history and authors); ফেব্ৰুৱাৰী (Assamese) (page history and authors); फरवरी (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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