Meaning | A month in the Gregorian calendar. |
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Part of | 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 |
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Narrower | April, Apr | The month following March and preceding May |
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August, Aug | The month following July and preceding September |
December, Dec | The last (12th) month of the year |
February, Feb | The month following January and preceding March |
January, Jan | The first month of the year |
July | The month following June and preceding August |
June | The month following May and preceding July |
March, Mar | The month following February and preceding April |
May | The month following April and preceding June |
November, Nov | The month following October and preceding December |
October, Oct | The month following September and preceding November |
September, Sep, Sept | The month following August and preceding October |
Broader | calendar month, month | One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year |
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Spanish | calendario gregoriano |
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Catalan | calendari gregorià |
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