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September

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See also: september

English

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A photograph of the early stages of autumn at Mount Rainier National Park in the US state of Washington (September 2008)
A garden in London, Ontario in late-September (2015)

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Etymology

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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.

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    September (plural Septembers)

    2. The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
      Alternative forms: Sep, Sep., SEP; Sept, Sept., 7ber; 9
      Synonym: Ninth Month (Quakerism)
      Holonyms: calendar year; year
      Hyponyms: Black September, endless September, Eternal September, Great September, mid-September
      Comeronyms: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, October, November, December
      Late September is a beautiful time of year.
      This was one of the warmest Septembers on record.
      • 1971, Rotary Connection, “Love Has Fallen on Me”, in Hey, Love:
        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?
      • 1978, Earth, Wind & Fire, “September”, in The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1:
        Do you remember / The 21st night of September? / Love was changin' the minds of pretenders / While chasin' the clouds away
      • 1984, Jocelyn Brown, “Somebody Else's Guy”, in Somebody Else's Guy:
        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
      • 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 30 August 2025:
        BioLab officials told the investigators they had established a permanent fire watch two or three months prior to the incident after strong odors from oxidizers in two storage buildings were detected, according to the CSB report. BioLab also told CSB two employees were on duty for fire watch on September 29.
    3. (rare) Celi, the Roman goddess of September.
    4. (rare) A male or female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].

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    Afrikaans

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    Noun

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    September (plural Septembermaande)

    1. September

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    Gregorian calendar monthsedit

    Ewe

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    Borrowed from German September.

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    September

    1. September
      Coordinate term: (native term) Anyɔnyɔ

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    Gregorian calendar months: ɣletiwoedit

    German

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Middle High German september.

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      September m (strong, genitive Septembers or September, plural September)

      1. September

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      Declension of September [masculine, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein der September die September
      genitive eines des Septembers, September der September
      dative einem dem September den Septembern
      accusative einen den September die September

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      Gregorian calendar months: Monate im gregorianischen Kalenderedit

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      Hunsrik

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from German September.[1]

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        Noun

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        September m (plural September)

        1. September
          Im September rehnd’s immer fiel.
          It always rains a lot in September.

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        Gregorian calendar months: Monate im gregorianicher Kalenneredit

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        1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “September”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 150, column 1

        Indonesian

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        Etymology

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        From Dutch september, from Latin September (“seventh month”).

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        Septembêr

        1. September

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        Gregorian calendar months: bulan-bulan kalender Gregoriusedit

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        Latin

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        Etymology

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          Uncertain, perhaps from the haplology of earlier *septe(m)-mēmbris (“of or pertaining to the seventh month”), from *septe(m)-mēnzris, from septem (“seven”) + *mēnzris, from *mēnzlis, from *mēns (“month”) +‎ *-lis; see septem, and mēnsis. Compare celeber, faenebris, fūnebris, lugubris, Mulciber, salūber and September. In the Roman calendar, the year began with Mārtius (“March”), and September was the seventh month of the year.

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          Adjective

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          September (feminine Septembris); third-declension three-termination adjective

          1. of September
            • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Letters to Atticus I.1.10:
              cum Romae a iudiciis forum refrixerit, excurremus mense Septembri legati ad Pisonem, ut ianuario revertamur.
              (please add an English translation of this quotation)

          Usage notes

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          In Classical Latin, month names were regularly used as adjectives, generally modifying a case-form of mēnsis m sg (“month”) or of one of the nouns used in the Roman calendar to refer to specific days of the month from which other days were counted: kalendae f pl (“calends”), nōnae f pl (“nones”), īdūs f pl (“ides”). However, the masculine noun mēnsis could be omitted by ellipsis, so the masculine singular forms of month names eventually came to be used as proper nouns.[1]

          The accusative plural adjective forms Aprīlīs, Septembrīs, Octōbrīs, Novembrīs, Decembrīs[2] are ambiguous in writing, being spelled identically to the genitive singular forms of the nouns; nevertheless, the use of ablative singular forms in -ī and comparison with the usage of other month names as adjectives supports the interpretation of -is as an accusative plural adjective ending in Classical Latin phrases such as "kalendas Septembris".[3]

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          Third-declension three-termination adjective.

          singular plural
          masculine feminine masculine feminine
          nominative September Septembris Septembrēs Septembrēs
          genitive Septembris Septembris Septembrium Septembrium
          dative Septembrī Septembrī Septembribus Septembribus
          accusative Septembrem Septembrem Septembrēs
          Septembrīs           		Septembrēs
          Septembrīs
          ablative Septembrī Septembrī Septembribus Septembribus
          vocative September Septembris Septembrēs Septembrēs
          • In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as Septembre.

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          September m sg (genitive Septembris); third declension

          1. September
            Synonyms: mensis September, mensis september
            • 1938 [1108], “Ad Thomam electum archiepiscopum Eboracensem”, in S. Anselmi cantuariensis archiepiscopi opera omnia, volume 5th, page 390:
              Mando itaque vobis, ut octavo Idus Septembris sitis apud matrem vestram ecclesiam Cantuariensem, ad faciendum quod facere debetis, et ad suspiciendam consecrationem vestram.
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          Third-declension noun, singular only.

          singular
          nominative September
          genitive Septembris
          dative Septembrī
          accusative Septembrem
          ablative Septembre
          vocative September
          • In medieval and New Latin, the ablative singular can also be found as Septembre.

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          Unsorted borrowings

          These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

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          Gregorian calendar months: mēnsēs annīedit

          References

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          1. ^ Karl Gottlob Zumpt (1853), Leonhard Schmitz, Charles Anthon, transl., A Grammar of the Latin Language, 3rd edition, pages 31, 85
          2. ^ Gaeng, Paul A. (1968), An Inquiry into Local Variations in Vulgar Latin: As Reflected in the Vocalism of Christian Inscriptions, page 183
          3. ^ Frost, P. (1861), The Germania and Agricola of Tacitus, page 161

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          • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
            • on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)

          Luxembourgish

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          September m

          1. September

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          Gregorian calendar months: Méint am Gregorianesche Kalenneredit

          Malay

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English September, from late Old English, Latin September, from septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

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          September (Jawi spelling سيڤتيمبر)

          1. September (ninth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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          Gregorian calendar months: bulan-bulan takwim Gregoryedit

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          North Frisian

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          Ultimately from Latin september.

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          September m

          1. (Sylt) September
            Synonym: Hārefstmuun

          Old English

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Latin September

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          September m

          1. September
            Synonym: hāliġmōnaþ

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          Strong a-stem:

          singular plural
          nominative September —
          accusative September —
          genitive septembres —
          dative septembre —

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          Scots

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          Etymology

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          From Latin September (“of the seventh month”).

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          September

          1. September

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