april
/ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.19 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.
name
A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- "Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there"
- "The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were."
- "As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)."
- "I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: apprile, avrill, Aprīlis, 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖, Ἀφροδίτη
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/
- British English: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/
Inflected Forms
Aprils (plural)
Apr (alternative, abbreviation)
Apr. (alternative, abbreviation)
Aprill (alternative, obsolete)
Derived Forms
Phrases
April-fish
April fool
April-gentleman
April-gowk
April Revolution
April showers
April showers bring May flowers
April Theory