English

Alternative forms

• Octobre (obsolete)

Proper noun

October ‎(plural Octobers)

1. The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Scots

Etymology

From Latin octōber ‎(“of the eighth month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [okˈtobər]

Proper noun

October

1. October

See also

• (month): Previous: September. Next: November

Dutch

Noun

october m ‎(plural octobers, diminutive octobertje n)

1. Superseded spelling of oktober.

Usage notes

• The spelling october was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

Latin

Etymology

From Latin octo ‎(“eight”) + Latin -ber from -bris, an adjectival suffix. By analogy with september, as if octō ‎(“eight”) : septem. In the Roman calendar, the year began with mārtius ‎(“March”), and octōber was the eighth month of the year.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /okˈtoː.ber/

Adjective

octōber m ‎(feminine octōbris, neuter octōbre); third declension

1. Of October.
   • 1st century CE — Lucius Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Re Rustica, Book XII

     Cum eius radicem mense octobri, quo[d] maxime matura est.

   • 1283 — Tomazina de Savere, published in Josip Lučić (1984) Spisi Dubrovačke Kancelarije, Knjiga II, page 293.

     Die tercio octubris — the third of October

Usage notes

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Inflection

Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.

Descendants

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• october in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romansch

Alternative forms

• otgover

Etymology

From Latin october ‎(“of October”).

Proper noun

october m

1. October