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november

/noʊˈvɛmbɚ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables
No-vem-ber
IPA
/noʊˈvɛmbɚ/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

name

A female given name.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of November from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Italic *nown̥ ▲ Latin deceminflu. Latin novem Latin November Latin november Old French novembrebor. Middle English Novembre English November From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the winter set in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /noʊˈvɛmbɚ/
  • British English: /nəʊˈvɛmbə/

Inflected Forms

Novembers (plural) Nov (alternative, abbreviation) Nov. (alternative, abbreviation) Novembre (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Juvember Movember Novemberish Novembrish Novemberly Novembery Novembry Novembral Roevember Snowvember

Phrases

mid-November No Nut November November class November Coalition November criminal November Eve November Group November moth

Frequently Paired Words

Nov Nov. 9ber mul:11 January February March April

Synonyms

Eleventh Month nov

Rhymes With

remember member september december non-member ember dismember nonmember pember misremember crewmember disremember

Questions

How do you pronounce november?
The recorded pronunciation is /noʊˈvɛmbɚ/.
What does november mean?
The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.
Where does november come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce november

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