october
/ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November.
name
A female given name transferred from the month name.
verb
In the early Soviet Union, to give a child a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- "By October it was advancing steadily toward Pangwa, encountering meager resistance."
- "The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ..."
- "From somewhere in the distance came the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle's siren. Lance flipped open his phone. “Get me the address of a woman named October Guinness . . . That's right, October,” he said again, [...]"
- "Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv?"
- "[T]he gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable appearance […] induced them to alight and view the apartments, contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October at the door."
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/
- British English: /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Octobers (plural)
Oct (alternative, abbreviation)
Oct. (alternative, abbreviation)
Octobre (alternative, obsolete)
Octobers (present, singular)
Octobering (participle, present)
Octobered (participle, past)
Octobered (past)