# december
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈsɛˀmbɐ/, [d̥e̝ˈseˀmb̥ɐ], [te̝ˈseˀmpɒ̽]

### Noun

december c
* December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* marts
* april
* maj
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* december

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch december, from Latin December.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deːˈsɛmbər/, /dəˈzɛmbər/
* (Northern) IPA: [deɪˈsɛmbər]
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
* Rhymes: -ɛmbər

### Noun

december m (plural decembers, diminutive decembertje n)
* December
    Synonym: (archaic) wintermaand

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: Desember
* Negerhollands: december
* → Caribbean Hindustani: desambar
* → Caribbean Javanese: désèmber
* → Indonesian: Desember
* → Papiamentu: desèmber
* → Trió: risenpë

### See also

* januari
* februari
* maart
* april
* mei
* juni
* juli
* augustus
* september
* oktober
* november
* december

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛt͡sɛmbɛr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Noun

december (plural decemberek)
* December

#### Declension
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian words of time
* január
* február
* március
* április
* május
* június
* július
* augusztus
* szeptember
* október
* november
* december

### Further reading

* december in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* december in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Dezember.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈt͡sɛm.bɛr/
* Rhymes: -ɛmbɛr
* Syllabification: de‧cem‧ber

### Noun

december m inan (related adjective decembrowi)
* December
    Synonyms: gòdnik, grëdzéń

#### Coordinate terms

* januar
* februar
* marc
* aprël
* môj
* juny
* juli
* agùst
* zeptember
* òktober
* nowember
* december

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “december”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “grudzień”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /deˈkem.ber/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmbɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /deˈt͡ʃem.ber/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmber]

### Adjective

december (feminine decembris, neuter decembre); third-declension three-termination adjective
* Alternative letter-case form of December: of December

#### Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

### Proper noun

december m (genitive decembris); third declension
* Alternative letter-case form of December: December
** 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 310.
    Die tercio decembris — On the third day of December(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* Détsämmber (Eupen)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin December.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈsæm.bəʀ/
* Hyphenation: de‧cem‧ber
* Rhymes: -æmbəʀ

### Noun

december m
* December (month)

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin December, from decem, from Proto-Italic *dekem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

### Noun

december m
* December

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: Dezämber
* Bavarian: Dezemba
* Cimbrian: disèmber
* German: Dezember
** → Estonian: detsember
** → Hunsrik: Dezember
** → Kashubian: december
** → Hebrew: דצמבר (detsémber)
** → Luxembourgish: Dezember
* Pennsylvania German: Dezember, Disember
* Yiddish: דעצעמבער (detsember)

### See also

* jener
* febrer
* merze
* aberelle
* meie
* ougeste
* september
* october
* november
* december

### References

* "december" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* dezember (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

From Latin December.

### Proper noun

december m
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) December

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɟet͡sember]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

december m inan (relational adjective decembrový)
* December

#### Coordinate terms

* január
* február
* marec
* apríl
* máj
* jún
* júl
* august
* september
* október
* november
* december

#### Derived terms

* decembrový

### Further reading

* “december”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛt͡sɛ̀ːmbər/

### Noun

decémbər m inan
* December

#### Coordinate terms

* jánuar
* fébruar
* márec
* apríl
* máj
* júnij
* júlij
* avgúst
* septêmber
* október
* novêmber
* decêmber

### Further reading

* “december”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “december”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈsɛmbɛr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

december c
* December

#### Synonyms

* Christmånad
* julmånad
* kristmånad

#### Derived terms

* decembermånad
* decembermånaden (definite form for december)