september
/sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
name
A male or female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- "Late September is a beautiful time of year."
- "This was one of the warmest Septembers on record."
- "Why can't I remember? / The day I melted before your charms? / Oh was it way back in September / When you held me in your arms?"
- "Do you remember / The 21st night of September? / Love was changin' the minds of pretenders / While chasin' the clouds away"
- "That day in September, I'm sure you can remember / That's when all the stuff hit the fan (the stuff hit the fan) / You told me a lie, and you didn't have an alibi / But baby, yet I still cared"
Etymology
PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), which see; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/
- British English: /sɛpˈtɛmbə/
Inflected Forms
Septembers (plural)
Sep (alternative, abbreviation)
Sept (alternative, abbreviation)
Sep. (alternative, abbreviation)
Sept. (alternative, abbreviation)
Septembre (alternative, obsolete)