Mois

Part of Speech

noun

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Monat , 🇪🇸 mes , 🇮🇹 mese , 🇵🇹 mêses , 🇨🇳 月份 , 🇯🇵 月 , 🇰🇷 달 , 🇸🇦 شهور , 🇮🇳 महीना

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Etymology

The noun **mois** descends from Latin *mensis* “month”. It entered Old French as *mes* (later spelled *mois*), with the vowel shift from *e* to *oi* that occurred in many medieval French words. By the 12th–13th centuries the spelling stabilized to *mois*, the final *s* becoming silent, while the term kept its original sense of a calendar month.

Synonyms

période intervalle cycle segment de temps unité de temps tranche mensuelle

Antonyms

jour semaine seconde instant année