January
Syllables: Jan·u·aryUK/ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi//ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/
January proper noun: the first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
Proper noun
January (plural Januaries or Januarys)
- The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- 01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.
- Synonyms:
- First Month
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
- “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”2011, Michael Schofield, January First
January meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
January in Hindi
- first month of the Gregorian calendar
- जनवरी janvarī
January in Tamil
- first month of the Gregorian calendar
- ஜனவரி jaṉavari
January in Marathi
- first month of the Gregorian calendar
- जानेवारी jānevārī, जानेवारी महिना jānevārī mahinā
January in Urdu
- first month of the Gregorian calendar
- جَنْوَری janvarī
More languagesFewer languages
- January in Bengali
- জানুয়ারি januẏari
- January in Telugu
- జనవరి janavari
- January in Malayalam
- ജനുവരി januvari
- January in Kannada
- ಜನವರಿ janavari
- January in Punjabi
- ਜਨਵਰੀ janvarī
- January in Gujarati
- જાન્યુઆરી jānyuārī
- January in Odia
- ଜାନୁଆରୀ jānuāri
- January in Sinhala
- ජනවාරි janawāri
- January in Assamese
- জানুৱাৰী zanuari
- January in Pashto
- جنوري ǰanwarí
- January in Tagalog
- Enero
- January in Arabic
- يَنَايِر yanāyir, كَانُون اَلثَّانِي kānūn aṯ-ṯānī
- January in Malay
- Januari
- January in Indonesian
- Januari
- January in Thai
- มกราคม má-gà-raa-kom
- January in Vietnamese
- tháng giêng, tháng một
- January in Myanmar
- ဇန်နဝါရီ janna.wari, တစ်လ tacla.
- Dhivehi
- ޖެނުއަރީ jenuarī
- Dzongkha
- སྤྱི་ཟླ་དང་པ། spyi zla dang pa
Examples of January in a sentence
- American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
- I hate Januarys: it's always too cold.
- I get sick a lot in the winter, so I spent this past January as I’ve spent many Januaries before it — in bed with a standard-issue flu.2020 June 30, Sophie Atkinson, “Andy Warhol’s Secrets for Surviving Isolation”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov...
Synonyms of January
Forms of January
| plural | Januaries |
|---|---|
| plural | Januarys |
| alternative abbreviation | Jan |
| alternative abbreviation | Jan. |
| alternative abbreviation | JAN |
Origin of January
From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.
Words formed from January
- Black January
- Dry January
- Januarily
- January 6
- January Club
- January disease
- January effect
- January Events
- January indicator
- Januaryish
- January King
- January Massacre
- January Rebellion
- January sales
- January term
- January thaw
- January Uprising
- Junuary
- May and January
- mid-January
- Neveruary
- Nevuary
- Veganuary
Phrases with January
Questions about January
- What does January mean?
- January means the first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
- What is January in Hindi?
- January in Hindi is जनवरी (janvarī). See January meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use January in a sentence?
- American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
- What part of speech is January?
- January is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce January?
- January is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near January in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: January (page history and authors); জানুৱাৰী (Assamese) (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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