September
UK/sɛpˈtɛmbə//sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/
September proper noun: the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
Proper noun
September (plural Septembers)
- The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
- Holonyms: calendar year; year
- Late September is a beautiful time of year.
- Synonyms:
- Ninth Month
- Celi, the Roman goddess of September.
- A male or female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:September.
September meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
September in Hindi
- ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- सितम्बर sitambar
September in Tamil
- செட்டம்பர் மாதம்
September in Marathi
- September
- सप्टेंबर sapṭembar
September in Urdu
- ninth month of the Gregorian calendar
- سِتَمْبَر sitambar
More languagesFewer languages
- September in Bengali
- সেপ্টেম্বর śepṭembor
- September in Telugu
- సెప్టెంబరు sepṭembaru
- September in Malayalam
- സെപ്റ്റംബർ sepṟṟambaṟ
- September in Kannada
- ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ sepṭembar
- September in Punjabi
- ਸਤੰਬਰ satambar
- September in Gujarati
- સપ્ટેમ્બર sapṭembar
- September in Odia
- ସେପ୍ଟେମ୍ବର sepṭembara
- September in Sinhala
- සැප්තැම්බර් sæptæmbar
- September in Assamese
- ছেপ্টেম্বৰ septembor
- September in Nepali
- सितम्बर sitambar
- September in Pashto
- ستمبر setámbr, سپتامبر septãmbár, سپتمبر septambár
- September in Tagalog
- Setyembre
- September in Arabic
- سِبْتِمْبِر sibtimbir, سِبْتَمْبِر sibtambir, سَبْتَمْبَر sabtambar, أَيْلُول ʔaylūl
- September in Indonesian
- September
- September in Thai
- กันยายน gan-yaa-yon
- September in Vietnamese
- tháng chín
- September in Myanmar
- စက်တင်ဘာ caktangbha, ကိုးလ kui:la.
- Dhivehi
- ސެޕްޓެމްބަރު sepṭem̊baru
- Dzongkha
- སྤྱི་ཟླ་དགུ་པ། spyi zla dgu pa
Examples of September in a sentence
- This was one of the warmest Septembers on record.
- Why can't I remember? / The day I melted before your charms? / Oh was it way back in September / When you held me in your arms?1971, Rotary Connection, “Love Has Fallen on Me”, in Hey, Love:
- Do you remember / The 21st night of September? / Love was changin' the minds of pretenders / While chasin' the clouds away1978, Earth, Wind & Fire, “September”, in The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1:
- That day in September, I'm sure you can remember / That's when all the stuff hit the fan (the stuff hit the fan) / You told me a lie, and you didn't have an alibi / But baby, yet I still cared1984, Jocelyn Brown, “Somebody Else's Guy”, in Somebody Else's Guy:
- BioLab also told CSB two employees were on duty for fire watch on September 29.2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of September
Forms of September
| plural | Septembers |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation | Sep |
| alternative abbreviation | Sept |
| alternative abbreviation | Sep. |
| alternative abbreviation | Sept. |
| alternative abbreviation | SEP |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Septembre |
Origin of September
PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), which see; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.
Words formed from September
- Endless September
- eternal September
- May-September romance
- mid-September
- Never-Ending September
- Neverending September
- Never Ending September
- September call-up
- Septembered
- September eleventh
- September elm
- Septemberer
- September Group
- Septemberish
- Septemberism
- Septemberly
- September Massacres
- September people
- September That Never Ended
- September thorn
- September which never ended
- Septembery
- Septembrian
- Septembrish
- Septembrist
Phrases with September
Words that rhyme with September
Questions about September
- What does September mean?
- September means the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
- What is September in Hindi?
- September in Hindi is सितम्बर (sitambar). See September meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use September in a sentence?
- This was one of the warmest Septembers on record.
- What part of speech is September?
- September is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce September?
- September is pronounced /sɛpˈtɛmbə/ (UK).
Words near September in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: September (page history and authors); September (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सप्टेंबर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಸೆಪ್ಟೆಂಬರ್ (Kannada) (page history and authors); સપ્ટેમ્બર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ছেপ্টেম্বৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); सितम्बर (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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