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Categories: Months

October

Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Noun

1.3.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English < Latin October (eighth month) < Latin octo (eight) < Proto-Indo-European base *octo(u)- (twice four); + Latin -ber from -bris , an adjectival suffix. The old Roman calendar began the year in March (spring), and October was the eighth month.

Pronunciation

IPA /ɒkˈtəʊbə/
SAMPA /Qk"toUb@/

Noun

Month of the year: October

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, having 31 days.

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Translations

Alabama: hasiholtina ispókkòoli
Albanian: tetor
Arabic: أكْتُوبَر (aktóbar) m
Basque: urri
Breton: Here, miz Here
Bulgarian: октомври (októmvri) m
Catalan: octubre
Chinese: 十月 (shíyuè)
Croatian: listopad m
Czech: říjen m
Danish: oktober
Dutch: oktober
Esperanto: oktobro
Estonian: oktoober
Finnish: lokakuu
French: octobre m
Frisian: oktober, wynmoanne
German: Oktober m
Gilbhart m
Greek: Οκτώβριος (Októvrios) m; (colloquial) Οκτώβρης (Októvris) m, Οχτώβρης (Okhtóvris) m
Hebrew: אוקטובר (október)
Hungarian: október
Icelandic: október
Indonesian: oktober

Interlingua: octobre
Deireach Fómhair
Italian: ottobre m
Japanese: 十月 (じゅうがつ, jūgatsú)
Korean: 시월 (shiweol)
Latin: October m
Lithuanian: spalis m
Manchu: (juwan biya )
Maori: oketopa
Neapolitan: ottómbre m
Norwegian: oktober
Ojibwe: binaakwe-giizis
Old English: winterfylleð
Polish: październik m
Portuguese: outubro m
Romanian: octombrie
Romanica: octobre
Russian: октябрь (oktjábr’) m
Serbian: октобар (oktobar)
Slovak: október m
Spanish: octubre m
Swedish: oktober
Thai: ตุลาคม (tòò laa khohm)
Turkish: ekim
Ukrainian: жовтень (žovten’) m
Welsh: hydref