month

month
month [{{t}}mʌnθ]
noun
mois m;
how much does she earn a month? combien gagne-t-elle par mois?;
in the month of August au mois d'août;
in the summer/winter months pendant les mois d'été/d'hiver;
he's six months old il a six mois;
{{}}familiar{{}} he got six months il a été condamné à six mois de prison ;
every month tous les mois;
in a month's time dans un mois;
by the month au mois;
two months' holiday or vacation deux mois de vacances;
I can't keep it up month after month je ne pourrai pas tenir ce rythme éternellement;
month by month you can see an improvement on constate une amélioration de mois en mois;
{{}}familiar{{}} she hasn't heard from him in a month of Sundays ça fait des siècles ou un bail qu'elle n'a pas de nouvelles de lui;
{{}}familiar{{}} never in a month of Sundays jamais de la vie;
{{}}euphemism{{}} is it that or your time of the month? (are you menstruating?) tu es indisposée?

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  • month — [munth] n. [ME < OE monath, akin to Ger monat, ON manuthr < Gmc * menōth < IE * mēnōt, month, moon, var. of mēn: see MOON] 1. any of the main parts (usually twelve) into which the calendar year is divided: also calendar month 2. a) the… …   English World dictionary

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  • month — (n.) O.E. monað, from P.Gmc. *menoth (Cf. O.S. manoth, O.Fris. monath, M.Du. manet, Du. maand, O.H.G. manod, Ger. Monat, O.N. manaðr, Goth. menoþs month ), related to *menon moon (see MOON ( …   Etymology dictionary

  • month — ► NOUN 1) each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided. 2) a period of time between the same dates in successive calendar months. 3) a period of 28 days or four weeks. ● a month of Sundays Cf. ↑a month of Sundays ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

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  • Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… …   Wikipedia

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