June
See also: june
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 nounEdit
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. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- '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 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- 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
TranslationsEdit
sixth month of the Gregorian calendar
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See alsoEdit
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
Etymology 2Edit
Short for junior
Proper nounEdit
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.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
June
- a female given name
FijianEdit
Proper nounEdit
June
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Middle EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
June
- Alternative form of Juno
NorwegianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English June at the end of the 19th century.
Proper nounEdit
June
- a female given name
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From june (“young”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
June m (genitive/dative lui June)
- a surname
ReferencesEdit
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
June (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
- a female given name from English
TonganEdit
Proper nounEdit
June
- Obsolete form of Sune.