June
See also: june
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”).
Proper noun edit
June (plural Junes)
- The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
- This glad June day.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
- A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
- 2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 29:
- Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and follow recipes that use cornflakes, not the name of a thirty-year-old with a ring in her nose ('Oh, June'.)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Bislama: jun
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Juun
- Tok Pisin: Jun
- → Assamese: জুন (zun)
- → Bengali: জুন (jun)
- → Burmese: ဇွန် (jwan)
- → Chichewa: Juni
- → Dari: جون (jun)
- → Hausa: Yuni
- → Hawaiian: Iune
- → Hindi: जून (jūn)
- → Malay: Jun
- → Maori: Hune
- → Marshallese: Juun
- → Swahili: Juni
- → Tokelauan: Iuni
- → Tongan: Sune
- → Zulu: uJuni
Translations edit
sixth month of the Gregorian calendar
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See also edit
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
Etymology 2 edit
Short for junior.
Proper noun edit
June
- A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.
Danish edit
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June
- a female given name
Fijian edit
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June
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Middle English edit
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June
- Alternative form of Juno
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English June at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun edit
June
- a female given name
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From june (“young”).
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Proper noun edit
June m (genitive/dative lui June)
- a surname
References edit
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
Tagalog edit
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June (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
- a female given name from English
Tongan edit
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June