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De·cem·ber

(dĭ-sĕm′bər)

The 12th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Middle English decembre, from Old French, from Latin December, the tenth month of the Roman year, probably from *decemmembris, from *decem-mēnsris : decem, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots + mēnsis, month; see menses.]

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December

(dɪˈsɛmbə)

the twelfth and last month of the year, consisting of 31 days

[C13: from Old French decembre, from Latin december the tenth month (the Roman year originally began with March), from decem ten]

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De•cem•ber

(dɪˈsɛm bər)

n.

the 12th month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbr.: Dec.

[before 1000; Middle English decembre < Old French < Latin december (s. decembr-) the tenth month of the early Roman year, <decem ten + *-membri- <mens- month + -ri- suffix]

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Noun

December - the last (12th) month of the year

Dec

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

December 31, New Year's Eve - the last day of the year

Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Christmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

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

Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar

mid-December - the middle part of December

Translations

Desember

دِيسِمْبَرشَهْر كانون أوِّل

декември

desembre

prosinec

december

DezemberJulmond

Δεκέμβριος Δεκέμβρης

decembro

diciembre

detsember

دسامبر

joulukuu

décembre

दिसम्बर

prosinac

december

Desember

desember

dicembre

十二月

12월십이월

december

gruodis

decembris

decembrie

december

децембар

december

เดือนธันวาคม

aralıkKanuni Evvel

грудень

tháng mườitháng Mười Hai

十二月

December

[dɪˈsembəʳ] N → diciembre m
see July for usage

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December

[dɪˈsɛmbə^r]

n → décembre m
in December → en décembre
see also July

modif [figures, meeting] → de décembre
the December quarter → le quatrième trimestre

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December

n → Dezember m ? also September

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December

[dɪˈsɛmbəʳ] n → dicembre m
for usage see July

December

(diˈsembə) noun

the twelfth month of the year, the month following November.

december

→ دِيسِمْبَر prosinec december Dezember Δεκέμβριος diciembre joulukuu décembre prosinac dicembre 十二月 12월 december desember grudzień dezembro декабрь december เดือนธันวาคม Aralık tháng Mười Hai 十二月

On Friday, December thirty-first (US)
On Friday thirty first December (UK) → Fredag den enogtredive december → Vendredi trente et un décembre → U petak, trideset i prvog prosinca → Venerdì trentuno dicembre → Op vrijdag eenendertig december → På fredag trettiførste desember → Otuz bir Aralık Cuma günü → 十二月三十一号，星期五

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P.M., it ought to reach the moon four days after its departure, that is on the 5th of December, at midnight precisely, at the moment of her attaining her perigee, that is her nearest distance from the earth, which is exactly 86,410 leagues (French), or 238,833 miles mean distance (English).

Consequently, their arrival on the lunar disc could not take place until the 5th of December at twelve at night, at the exact moment when the moon should be full, and not on the

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Now, by a fortunate circumstance, on the 4th of December in the ensuing year the moon will present these two conditions.

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The next day, December 10th, they overtook the advance party, who were all as much famished as themselves, some of them not having eaten since the morning of the seventh.

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It crossed the equator December 1, in 142@ long.; and on the 4th of the same month, after crossing rapidly and without anything in particular occurring, we sighted the Marquesas group.

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Phileas Fogg was therefore justified in hoping that he would reach San Francisco by the 2nd of December, New York by the 11th, and London on the 20th--thus gaining several hours on the fatal date of the 21st of December.

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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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The marriage is fixed for the twenty-second of December.

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The battle was in December, and it is now summer!" He laughed.

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After having been detained six days in Wigwam Cove by very bad weather, we put to sea on the 30th of December. Captain Fitz Roy wished to get westward to land York and Fuegia in their own country.

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The king made his entrance into Paris on the twenty-third of December of the same year.

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One Evening in December as my Father, my Mother and myself, were arranged in social converse round our Fireside, we were on a sudden greatly astonished, by hearing a violent knocking on the outward door of our rustic Cot.