monthly

English

Alternative forms

• mon. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From month +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnθli/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnθli

Adjective

monthly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every month.

   It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

Translations

occurring every month

• Arabic: شَهْرِيّ‎ (šahriyy)
• Armenian: ամսական (hy) (amsakan)
• Assamese: মাহিলি (mahili), মাহেকীয়া (mahekia)
• Belarusian: штоме́сячны (štomjésjačny)
• Bulgarian: ежеме́сечен (ežemésečen)
• Burmese: လစဉ် (la.cany)
• Catalan: mensual
• Cebuano: binulan, binuwan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每月的 (zh) (měiyuè de)

• Czech: měsíční (cs)
• Esperanto: monata
• French: mensuel (fr)
• Galician: mensual
• German: monatlich (de)
• Hungarian: havi (hu), havonkénti
• Greek: μηνιαίος (el) (miniaíos)

  Ancient: μηνιαῖος (mēniaîos)

• Hindi: मासिक (hi) (māsik)
• Japanese: 毎月の (ja) (まいげつの, maigetsu no), 毎月の (ja) (まいつきの, maitsuki no)
• Korean: 매달의 (ko) (maedarui)
• Latin: mēnstruus
• Malay: bulanan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: månedlig

  Nynorsk: månadleg

• Polish: comiesięczny (pl), miesięczny (pl)
• Portuguese: mensal (pt)
• Russian: ежеме́сячный (ru) (ježemésjačnyj)
• Spanish: mensual (es)
• Swedish: månatlig (sv)
• Thai: ทุกเดือน (túk-dʉʉan), รายเดือน (raai-dʉʉan), ประจำเดือน (th) (bprà-jam-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щомі́сячний (ščomísjačnyj)
• Welsh: misol (cy)
• Yiddish: חודשלעך‎ (yi) (khoydeshlekh)

Adverb

monthly (not comparable)

1. Every month.

   Rent must be paid monthly.

Translations

occurring every month

• Arabic: شَهْرِيًّا‎ (šahriyyan)
• Armenian: ամսական (hy) (amsakan)
• Belarusian: штоме́сяц (štomjésjac), штоме́сячна (štomjésjačna)
• Bulgarian: ежеме́сечно (bg) (ežemésečno)
• Catalan: mensualment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按月 (zh) (ànyuè), 每月的 (zh) (měiyuè de)

• Czech: měsíčně (cs)
• Dutch: maandelijks (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉiumonate
• Finnish: kuukausittain (fi)
• French: mensuel (fr), mensuellement (fr)
• Galician: mensualmente
• German: monatlich (de)
• Hungarian: havonta (hu), havonként
• Indonesian: bulanan (id)
• Interlingua: mensual, mensualmente
• Italian: mensilmente (it)
• Japanese: 毎月 (ja) (まいげつ, maigetsu), 月次 (げつじ, getsuji), 毎月の (ja) (まいつきの, maitsuki no)
• Kazakh: ай сайын (ai saiyn)
• Korean: 매달의 (ko) (maedarui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مانگانە‎ (ku) (mangane)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: månedlig

  Nynorsk: månadleg

• Polish: miesięcznie (pl), co miesiąc (pl)
• Portuguese: mensalmente
• Romanian: lunar (ro), mensual (ro)
• Russian: ме́сячно (ru) (mésjačno), ежеме́сячно (ru) (ježemésjačno), ежеме́сячный (ru) (ježemésjačnyj)
• Spanish: mensualmente
• Swedish: månadsvis (sv), månatlig (sv)
• Thai: ทุกเดือน (túk-dʉʉan), เดือนละครั้ง (dʉʉan-lá-kráng)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щомі́сяця (ščomísjacja), щомі́сячно (ščomísjačno)
• Volapük: muliko

Noun

monthly (plural monthlies)

1. A publication that is published once a month.
   • 2009, January 5, “Stephanie Clifford”, in Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads‎^[1]:

     Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.

2. (euphemistic) The menstrual period.
   • 2008, Monica Dixon, Through Closed Eyes (page 230)

     Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face.

Synonyms

• every month, each month, mensually

Descendants

• Japanese: マンスリー

Translations

a publication that is published once a month

• Bulgarian: ме́сечно списа́ние n (mésečno spisánie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月刊雜誌, 月刊杂志 (yuèkān zázhì)

• Czech: měsíčník (cs) m
• Finnish: kuukausijulkaisu
• Hindi: मासपत्रिका f (māspatrikā), मासिक (hi) m (māsik)
• Japanese: 月刊誌 (げっかんし, gekkanshi)
• Korean: 월간지 (wolganji)
• Polish: miesięcznik (pl) m inan
• Russian: ежеме́сячник (ru) m (ježemésjačnik)
• Telugu: మాసపత్రిక (te) (māsapatrika)
• Thai: รายเดือน (raai-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)
• Vietnamese: nguyệt báo (newspaper), nguyệt san (vi) (magazine)

(euphemism) the menstrual period

• Bulgarian: менструа́ция f (menstruácija)
• Czech: měsíčky (cs) f pl
• Finnish: kuukautiset (fi) pl
• Polish: miesiączka (pl) f
• Russian: ме́сячные (ru) n pl or f pl (mésjačnyje)
• Thai: ประจำเดือน (th) (bprà-jam-dʉʉan)
• Turkish: aylık (tr)

See also

• weekly
• daily
• yearly

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency